A.“κύεσσα” Hsch.; Arc. “κύενσα” IG5(2).514.12 (Lycosura); Coan “κυεῦσα” Schwyzer 251 B 3, written κυεοσα ib.A 61 (iv/iii B.C.)): impf. 3sg.“ἐκύει” Il.19.117: fut.“κυήσω” Hp.Mul.1.17, Steril.214, κυήσομαι v.l. in Mul.1.76: aor. “ἐκύησα” Ar.Th.641, Pl.Smp.203c, etc.: pf. “κεκύηκα” Philem.107, D.C.45.1, S.E.P.2.106:—Med., v. infr.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι Gal.UP16.10: aor. “ἐκυήθην” Plu.2.567f: pf. “κεκύηται” Porph. Abst.1.54:—bear in the womb, be pregnant with, “ἐκύει φίλον υἱόν” Il.19.117; of a mare, “βρέφος ἡμίονον κυέουσα” 23.266: metaph., of the soul, “κυοῦσι γὰρ πάντες . . καὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν” Pl.Smp.206c; ἐκύησε τὸν Ἔρωτα ib.203c; ἃ κυεῖ περὶ ἐπιστήμης [the thoughts] with which he is in travail . . , Id.Tht.184b, cf. 210b; ἂ τῇ ψυχῇ προσήκει καὶ κυῆσαι καὶ κυεῖν (v.l. τεκεῖν) both to have conceived and to bring forth, Id.Smp.209a:—Pass., of the embryo or foetus, Id.Lg. 789a, Epin.973d, Arist.GA777a23; of fruits, to be formed, Thphr.HP 4.2.4:—Med., bring forth, Opp.C.3.22; ἡ κεκυημένη, Lat.foeta, Et. Gud.s.v. κοκίας: metaph., “τὰς εὐτυχεῖς ὠδῖνας κυησαμένη” Him.Or. 7.4.
b. in Botany, produce flowers, Thphr.HP6.4.8.
2. abs., to be big or pregnant, conceive, “ἐκύησε” Hdt.5.41; “στεριφὴ γάρ εἰμι κοὐκ ἐκύησα πώποτε” Ar.Th.641, cf.Lys.745, Men.Sam.303, etc.; “κυέουσαν ἐκ τοῦ προτέρου ἀνδρός” Hdt.6.68, cf. And.1.125, Lys.13.42; γυνὴ κυεῖ δέκα μῆνας; Men.413; “πενθ᾽ ἕτη ἐκύησε” IG42(1).121.3 (Epid.). (Cf. κύω, Skt. śváyati 'swell', Lat.inciens 'pregnant'.)
