cluo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkluː.o]

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 stems

1. (Old Latin) to clean, purge

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cluere			cluī			cluēns			—
future		—			—			—			cluendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cluendī		cluendō		cluendum		cluendō		—		—

Derived terms

• cloāca

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 stems

1. alternative form of clueō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cluere			—			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.