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clueo

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Alternative forms

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

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

Derived terms

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.
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