cluo

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), Welsh clir, and Ancient Greek κλύδων (klúdōn, “billow”).

Verb

cluō (present infinitive cluere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (archaic) to clean, purge
Conjugation
   Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cluō cluis cluit cluimus cluitis cluunt
imperfect cluēbam cluēbās cluēbat cluēbāmus cluēbātis cluēbant
future cluam cluēs cluet cluēmus cluētis cluent
passive present cluor clueris,
cluere 		cluitur cluimur cluiminī cluuntur
imperfect cluēbar cluēbāris,
cluēbāre 		cluēbātur cluēbāmur cluēbāminī cluēbantur
future cluar cluēris,
cluēre 		cluētur cluēmur cluēminī cluentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cluam cluās cluat cluāmus cluātis cluant
imperfect cluerem cluerēs clueret cluerēmus cluerētis cluerent
passive present cluar cluāris,
cluāre 		cluātur cluāmur cluāminī cluantur
imperfect cluerer cluerēris,
cluerēre 		cluerētur cluerēmur cluerēminī cluerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — clue — — cluite —
future — cluitō cluitō — cluitōte cluuntō
passive present — cluere — — cluiminī —
future — cluitor cluitor — — cluuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cluere — — cluī — —
participles cluēns — — — — cluendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cluendī cluendō cluendum cluendō — —
Derived terms

References

  • “clŭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Verb

cluō (present infinitive cluere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. Alternative form of clueō
Conjugation
   Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cluō cluis cluit cluimus cluitis cluunt
imperfect cluēbam cluēbās cluēbat cluēbāmus cluēbātis cluēbant
future cluam cluēs cluet cluēmus cluētis cluent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cluam cluās cluat cluāmus cluātis cluant
imperfect cluerem cluerēs clueret cluerēmus cluerētis cluerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — clue — — cluite —
future — cluitō cluitō — cluitōte cluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cluere — — — — —
participles cluēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cluendī cluendō cluendum cluendō — —

References

  • “clŭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 1 clŭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 329/2.
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