cluo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.oː/, [ˈkɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.o/, [ˈkluːo]

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 stem

1. (archaic) to clean, purge

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cluere	—	—	cluī	—	—
participles		cluēns	—	—	—	—	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 stem

1. Alternative form of clueō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cluere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		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.