κύω,
post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus form of κυέω (_aorist 1_ in _Epic dialect_, see below 11)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:
__I in present and imperfect, of females, conceive, Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ. Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.β,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 609, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 789e, etc.; κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.1; κ. ἀπό τινος [prev. author] “Gall.” 19: _metaphorically_, κύει πόλις ἥδε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 39. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.2 rarely c.accusative, to be pregnant with, οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543b22; παιδίον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.4: _metaphorically_, ἡ ψυχή μου ἀεὶ τοῦτο κύουσα (+others κυοῦσα) διῆγεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be borne in the womb, τὰ κυόμενα παιδία [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 860a21, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.99c. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II in aorist active ἔκῡσα, causal, of the male, impregnate, metaphorically, ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 44.4:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —aorist middle ἐκῡσάμην, of the female, conceive, οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 125, compare 405, “Hymni Homerici” 1.4 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ζηνί by Zeus, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Asius Lyricus “fragment Ep.” 1.3 K.; ὅσσους.. Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 112.] Refs 7th c.BC+] —The forms κυέω and κύω seem synonymous, but κυέω (κυῶ) is the better-attested form in Attic dialect Prose (κύοντα only variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151b, κύοντες] Refs 5th c.BC+] is read in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 544a23 (variant{κύονες},{ποιοῦντες}), κύοντα [prev. work] 585a3, κυόμενα (variant -ούμενα) “Pr.” [same place], κυόμενον] Refs 4th c.BC+] (variant -ούμενον) [[ “GA” 730b4, but κυοῦντες “HA” 610b3; ἐκύομεν LXX ] Refs] ls.59.13).—The present κύω has ῠ in verse, but forms of κῠέω can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aorist ἔκῡσα.