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 stem

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of clueō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cluēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		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.