# κλείω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* κλῄω (klḗiō) in full conjugation
* κληΐω (klēḯō) — Ionic, Epic

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *klāyyō, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂uyeti, from *kleh₂u- (“hook, key”), whence κληΐς (klēḯs), κλήϊθρον (klḗïthron).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klěː.ɔː/ → /ˈkli.o/ → /ˈkli.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /klěː.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈkli.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈkli.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈkli.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈkli.o/

#### Verb

κλείω • (kleíō)
* to shut, close, bar (e.g. the door)
* to enclose, shut in

##### Usage notes

* Syntax: with accusative: κλείω τι / τινά (ti / tiná)
* The perfect and pluperfect passive were used in Koine Greek, and later (see κεκλεισμένος (kekleisménos)).

##### Synonyms

* εἴργω (eírgō), εἵργω (heírgō)
* (enclose): εἵργνυμι (heírgnumi), εἱργνύω (heirgnúō)

##### Derived terms

* ἀποκλείω (apokleíō)
* ἐγκλείω (enkleíō)
* ἐκκλείω (ekkleíō)
* ἐμπερῐκλείω (emperĭkleíō)
* ἐπῐκλείω (epĭkleíō)
* κατακλείω (katakleíō)
* κλειστός (kleistós)
* παρακλείω (parakleíō)
* περῐκλείω (perĭkleíō)
* συγκατακλείω (sunkatakleíō)
* συγκλείω (sunkleíō)

##### Related terms

* κλεῖθρον (kleîthron)
* κλείς (kleís)
* κλοιός (kloiós)

##### Descendants

* Greek: κλείω (kleío), κλείνω (kleíno)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

κλείω • (kleíō)
* Epic form of κλέω (kléō, “celebrate, make famous”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

κλείω • (kleíō)
* Epic form of κλέω (kléō), alternative form of καλέω (kaléō, “call”)

##### Derived terms

* μετακλείω (metakleío, “call by a new name”)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλείω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 712
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλείω 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 712

### Further reading

* “κλείω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “κλείω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* κλείω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Hofmann, J. B. (1949) “κλείω”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen‎ (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg [translated in greek by Antonius D. Papanikolaou, Athens: n.p. 1974.]
* for verbal froms: κλει- κλη- Bodoh, John J. An Index of Greek Verb Forms. Hildesheim & New York, 1970. In Greek: online Digital Reources at greek-language.gr

## Greek
### Etymology

The Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō), found in Modern Greek only in compounds.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkli.o/
* Hyphenation: κλεί‧ω

### Verb

κλείω • (kleío) (past έκλεισα, passive κλείομαι)
* (formal) Alternative form of κλείνω (kleíno, “to close, shut”)

#### Usage notes

* Found only in the compounds:
* αποκλείω (apokleío, “block, exclude”)
* εγκλείω (egkleío, “shut in, enclose”)
* εμπερικλείω (emperikleío, “contain”)
* εσωκλείω (esokleío, “enclose inside”) (a modern verb)
* περικλείω (perikleío, “shut around, enclose”)