Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/klépťō

This Proto-Hellenic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *klépyeti, from *klep-.

Verb

*klépťō

1. to steal

Inflection

Present forms of *klépťō

Active
infinitive					*klépťehen
participle					*klépťonts
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*klépťō	*klépťehi	*klépťei	*klépťowos, *klépťowes, *klépťowen	*klépťetes, *klépťetos, *klépťeton	*klépťetes, *klépťetos, *klépťeton	*klépťomes, *klépťomen	*klépťete	*klépťonti
subjunctive			*klépťō	*klépťēhi	*klépťēi	*klépťōwos, *klépťōwes, *klépťōwen	*klépťētes, *klépťētos, *klépťēton	*klépťētes, *klépťētos, *klépťēton	*klépťōmes, *klépťōmen	*klépťēte	*klépťōnti
optative			*klépťoyə	*klépťois	*klépťoi	*klépťoiwen	*klépťoiton	*klepťóitān	*klépťoimen	*klépťoite	*klépťoyen
imperative			-	*klépťe	*klepťétō	-	*klépťeton	*klepťétōn	-	*klépťete	*klepťóntōn
Middle/Passive
infinitive					*klépťestʰai
participle					*klepťómenos
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*klépťomai	*klépťehai	*klépťetai	*klépťestʰa	*klépťestʰon	*klépťestʰon	*klepťómestʰa	*klépťestʰe	*klépťontai
subjunctive			*klépťōmai	*klépťēhai	*klépťētai	*klépťēstʰa	*klépťēstʰon	*klépťēstʰon	*klepťṓmestʰa	*klépťēstʰe	*klépťōntai
optative			*klepťóimān	*klépťoyyo	*klépťoito	*klepťóiwetʰa	*klépťoistʰon	*klepťóistʰān	*klepťóimetʰa	*klépťoistʰe	*klépťointo
imperative			-	*klépťeho	*klepťéstʰō	-	*klépťestʰon	*klepťéstʰōn	-	*klépťestʰe	*klepťéstʰōn

Imperfect forms of *klépťō

Active
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*éklepťon	*éklepťes	*éklepťe	*eklépťowe	*eklépťeton	*eklepťétān	*eklépťomes, *eklépťomen	*eklépťete	*éklepťon
Middle/Passive
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*eklepťómān	*eklépťeho	*eklépťeto	*eklépťetʰa	*eklépťestʰon	*eklepťéstʰān	*eklepťómetʰa	*eklépťestʰe	*eklépťonto

Related terms

• *klopā́ (“theft”)
• *klṓps (“thief”)
• ^? *pkú-klōps (“cattle-thief”)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: κλέπτω (kléptō)
  • Greek: κλέβω (klévo)
  • Mariupol Greek: клэ́фту (kléftu)
  • ⇒ English: kleptomania
  • ⇒ French: cleptomanie