κλύζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-. From the same root, we can find κλύδων (klúdōn, billow). Other cognates are Latin cluō (I clean, purge), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs, clean, pure) and Welsh clir (clean, pure).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κλῠ́ζω • (klúzō)

  1. (of the sea) to wash, dash over, surge up
  2. (passive voice) to be washed by the sea
  3. to wash away, purge
  4. to wash, rinse out, cleanse
  5. to coat with wax

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰκλῠ́ζω (anaklúzō)
  • ἀποκλῠ́ζω (apoklúzō)
  • δῐᾰκλῠ́ζω (diaklúzō)
  • ἐγκλῠ́ζω (enklúzō)
  • ἐπῐκλῠ́ζω (epiklúzō)
  • κλῠσμός (klusmós)
  • κλῠ́σμᾰ (klúsma)
  • κλῠστήρ (klustḗr)
  • κλῠ́σῐς (klúsis)
  • κᾰτᾰκλῠ́ζω (kataklúzō)
  • περῐκλῠ́ζω (periklúzō)
  • προσκλῠ́ζω (prosklúzō)
  • σῠγκλῠ́ζω (sunklúzō)
  • σῠ́γκλῠς (súnklus)
  • ὑποκλῠ́ζω (hupoklúzō)

Further reading

  • κλύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κλύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κλύζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κλύζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κλύζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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