bear in the womb, be pregnant with
κῠέω, older and more Att. form ofκύω, Il. 23.266 , etc. ( Aeol. (?)part.fem.
A.
κύεσσα
Hsch.
; Arc.
κύενσα
IG 5(2).514.12
(Lycosura); Coan κυεῦσα
Schwyzer 251
B 3 , writtenκυεοσαib. A 61
(iv/iii B.C.)):impf. 3 sg.
ἐκύει
Il. 19.117
:fut.
κυήσω
Hp. Mul. 1.17
, Steril. 214 ,κυήσομαι v.l. in
Mul. 1.76 :aor.
ἐκύησα
Ar. Th. 641
, Pl. Smp. 203c , etc.:pf.
κεκύηκα
Philem. 107
, D.C. 45.1 , S.E. P. 2.106 :— Med. ,v.infr.:— Pass. ,fut.-ηθήσομαι
Gal. UP 16.10 :aor.
ἐκυήθην
Plu. 2.567f
:pf.
κεκύηται
Porph. Abst. 1.54
:—bear in the womb, be pregnant with, ἐκύει φίλον υἱόν
Il. 19.117
; of a mare, βρέφος ἡμίονον κυέουσα
23.266
: metaph., of the soul, κυοῦσι γὰρ πάντες . . καὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν
Pl. Smp. 206c
;ἐκύησε τὸν Ἔρωταib. 203c ;ἃ κυεῖ περὶ ἐπιστήμης[the thoughts] with which heis in travail. . , Id. Tht. 184b , cf. 210b ;ἂ τῇ ψυχῇ προσήκει καὶ κυῆσαι καὶ κυεῖν( v.l. τεκεῖν ) bothto have conceivedandto bring forth, Id. Smp. 209a :— Pass. , of the embryo or foetus, Id. Lg. 789a , Epin. 973d , Arist. GA 777a23 ; of fruits,to be formed, Thphr. HP 4.2.4 :— Med. ,bring forth, Opp. C. 3.22 ;ἡ κεκυημένη, Lat.foeta, Et. Gud.
s.v. κοκίας : metaph., τὰς εὐτυχεῖς ὠδῖνας κυησαμένη
Him. Or. 7.4
.
b. in Botany,produce flowers, Thphr. HP 6.4.8 .
2. abs.,to be bigorpregnant, conceive, ἐκύησε
Hdt. 5.41
; στεριφὴ γάρ εἰμι κοὐκ ἐκύησα πώποτε
Ar. Th. 641
, cf. Lys. 745 , Men. Sam. 303 , etc.; κυέουσαν ἐκ τοῦ προτέρου ἀνδρός
Hdt. 6.68
, cf. And. 1.125 , Lys. 13.42 ;γυνὴ κυεῖ δέκα μῆνας; Men. 413 ; πενθ' ἕτη ἐκύησε
IG 42(1).121.3
(Epid.). (Cf.κύω, Skt.śváyati'swell', Lat.inciens'pregnant'.)
