Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“κλαίοισθα” Il.24.619: Att.impf.ἔκλα_ον, Ep. “κλαῖον” Od.10.201, Ion.“κλαίεσκον” Il.8.364, Hdt.3.119, A.Fr.312: fut. κλαύσομαι, 2sg. κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, Il.18.340, Ar.V.1327 (lyr.), Nu.58, 933 (anap.), E.Cyc.554, etc., rarely “κλαυσοῦμαι” Ar.Pax1081, 1277 (in mock heroic verses); Att. also “κλαιήσω” Hyp.Dem.Fr.10, “κλα_ήσω” D. 19.310, 21.99, later “κλαύσω” Theoc.23.34, D.H.4.70, Ev.Jo.16.20, Man. 3.143: aor. ἔκλαυσα, Ep. “κλαῦσα” Od.3.261:—Med., aor. “ἐκλαυσάμην” S.Tr.153, AP7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—Pass., fut. “κλαυσθήσομαι” LXX Ps. 77(78).64, “κεκλαύσομαι” Ar.Nu.1436: aor. “ἐκλαύσθην” Lyc.831, J.AJ8.11.1 (v.l. κλαυθείς), IG14.2128: pf. “κέκλαυμαι” A.Ch.687, S.OT1490, “κέκλαυσμαι” Lyc.273, Plu.2.115b. [κλάω [α_] is recognized as Att. by A.D.Adv.187.26, and is found in codd. of Ar.Av.341, Pl.Lg.792a, Phlb.48a: ἔκλα^ε in later poetry, Theoc.14.32, dub. in Hermesian.7.33 (cf. κλέω A).] (κλα^ϝ-ψω, cf. κλαυ-θμός, etc.)

I. intr., cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, “κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως” Od.10.201; “πρὸς οὐρανόν” Il.8.364; “τῆς ἄρα κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο” Od.20.92; for the dead, Il.19.297, etc.; “ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες κλαύσονται” 18.340; “κλαίοντα καὶ ὀδυρόμενον” Pl.R.388b, etc.; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγονται; Arist.Pr.900a20; “δάκρυσι κ.” D.C. 59.27; of infants, Sor.1.107, al.; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τ᾽ οἰωνοί κτλ. Od.16.216, cf. Eust.1799.57.

2. “αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω” 1 shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, Il.2.263: freq.in Att., κλαύσεται he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, Ar.V.1327 (lyr.), Pl.174, al.; “κλαύσομαι” Id.Nu.58; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, Id.Pax255, cf. 1277; “κλαύσῃ φιλῶν τὸν οἶνον” E.Cyc.554; “κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας” A.Supp.925; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, S.OT401, 1152, Ant.754; “κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε” E.Heracl.270, cf. Hipp.1086; “δεῦρ᾽ ἔλθ᾽ ἵνα κλάῃς” Ar.Nu. 58; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opp. χαίρειν σοι λέγω) Id.Pl.62, cf. Hdt. 4.127; “κλάειν εἴπωμεν” Eup.363; “κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον” Ar.Ach. 1131; “κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας” Id.Eq.433; σέ δ᾽ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, Id.Pl.612 (anap.), cf.V.584.

II. trans., weep for, lament, “κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν” Od.1.363, cf. Il.20.210; τι A.Ag.890, S.El.1117; “τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη” Plu.Alc.33:— Pass., to be mourned or lamented, “ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου” A.Ch.687: impers., “μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται” Ar.Nu.1436.

2. cry for, of infants, “μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς” Arr.Epict.2.16.39.

III. Med., bewail oneself, weep aloud, A.Th.920 (lyr.): pf. part. Pass. κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, Id.Ch.457 (lyr.), 731, S.OT1490.

2. trans., bewail to oneself, “πάθη . . πόλλ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκλαυσάμην” Id.Tr.153; “κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς” A.Ag.1096 (lyr.).