clueo

Latin

Alternative forms

• clueor
• cluō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kluēō, from earlier *kluējō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥w-éh₁-ti (éh₁-stative), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). The notion is "to be heard".

Compare Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слоушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śroṣati), and Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “glory, renown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.e.oː/, [ˈkɫ̪ueoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.e.o/, [ˈkluːeo]

Verb

clueō (present infinitive cluēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to be called or named
2. to be reputed

Conjugation

   Conjugation of clueō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	clueō		cluēs		cluet		cluēmus		cluētis		cluent
	imperfect	cluēbam		cluēbās		cluēbat		cluēbāmus		cluēbātis		cluēbant
	future	cluēbō		cluēbis		cluēbit		cluēbimus		cluēbitis		cluēbunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	clueam		clueās		clueat		clueāmus		clueātis		clueant
	imperfect	cluērem		cluērēs		cluēret		cluērēmus		cluērētis		cluērent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cluē		—		—		cluēte		—
	future	—		cluētō		cluētō		—		cluētōte		cluentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cluēre			—			cluēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cluendī		cluendō		cluendum		cluendō		—		—

Derived terms

• cluēns, cliēns
• inclutus, inclitus

References

• “clueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.