A.“κλύον” Id.Th.474, B.16.67; 3sg. “ἔκλεεν” Maiist.58: aor. imper. “κλῦθι” Il.1.37, etc.; pl.“κλῦτε” Pi.O.14.4; also with Ep.redupl. “κέκλυ^θι” Il.10.284, A.R.4.783, “κέκλυ^τε” Il.3.86, etc.; also sg. “κέκλυ^κε” Epich. 190. (Cf.“κλέω” A.) [υ^, exc. in imper. κλυ^θι and κλῦτε.]:—hear, Hom., etc.; “κλύειν, ἀκοῦσαι” Ar.Ra.1173: poet. word (Com. only in mock Trag., Ar.l.c., Av.407, 416, Pherecr.145.1):—Constr.: c.gen. pers. et acc. rei, hear a thing from a person, “κέκλυτέ μευ . . μῦθον Ἀλεξάνδροιο” Il.3.86, cf. Od.2.25, S.OT235, etc.; “τι ἔκ τινος” Od.19.93; “τι πρός τινος” S.OT429: c. gen. pers. only, esp. with part. added, “οὐδ᾽ ἔκλυον αὐδήσαντος” Il.10.47, cf. Od.4.505, S.OC1406, 1642: c. acc. rei only, “ἀγγελίην ἔκλυεν” Od.2.30; “κ. βάξιν” Emp.112.11; κλύε εὐχὰν Ζεύς B.l.c., cf. A.Pr.124 (anap.), 588 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen.rei, “θεὰ δέ μευ ἔκλυεν αὐδῆς” Od.10.311; “θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς” 4.767; “κέκλυτέ μευ μύθων” 12.271, etc.: c. gen. objecti, hear of a person or thing, S.OC 307, Ant.1182: with part., “κ. νεκροὺς θανόντας” A.Th.837 (lyr.); “ὃν κλύεις . . ὄντα δεσπότην” S.Ph.261, cf. 427: less freq. c.acc. et inf., ποῦ κλύεις νιν . . ἱδρῦσθαι; Id.Tr.68: κ. ὁθούνεκα hear that . . , Id.El.1307: pres. with pf. sense, have heard or learnt, know, “εἰ καὶ μὴ κλύεις τῶν ἀγγέλων” Id.OT305, cf. Ph.261, Tr.422, 425; “λόγῳ κ.” E.Hipp. 1004: abs. in part., “κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον” A.Pr.448, cf. S.Ant.691, etc.
2. perceive generally, μάλιστα δέ τ᾽ ἔκλυον αὐτοί they themselves know [the blessing] most, Od.6.185; “κλῦθι ἰδὼν ἀΐων τε” Hes. Op.9.
II. give ear to, attend to, “τοῦ κλύον ἠδ᾽ ἐπίθοντο” Il.15.300, etc.: imper., “κέκλυτέ μευ, πάντες τε θεοὶ πᾶσαί τε θέαιναι” 8.5; esp. in prayers, give ear to me, “κλῦθί μευ, Ἀργυρότοξε” 1.37: c. dat., give ear to, καί τ᾽ ἔκλυες ᾧ κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα (of Hermes) 24.335; κλῦθί μοι v.l.5.115 (v. “ἐγώ” 11); “κλῦτέ μοι εὐχομένῳ” Sol.13.2 = Crates Theb.10.2, cf. Epic. Oxy.214r.10 (iii A.D.), Thgn.13; comply with, obey, “θυγατρὶ φίλῃ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδ᾽ ἐπίθοντο” Hes.Th.474: also c. gen., “κακῶν κ. φρενῶν” A. Ag.1064; “οἴακος” Id.Supp.718; “τῶν ἐν τέλει” S.Aj.1352, cf. OC740, etc.