Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/klepō

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *klep-.

Verb

*klepō first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to steal
    Synonym: *(s)taō

Conjugation

Inflection of *klepō (third conjugation)
Present *klepō
Perfect *keklopai
Aorist *klepom
Past participle *kleptos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *klepō *klepōr
2nd sing. *klepes *klepezo
3rd sing. *klepet *klepetor
1st plur. *klepomos *klepomor
2nd plur. *klepetes *klepem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *klepont *klepontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *klepām *klepār
2nd sing. *klepās *klepāzo
3rd sing. *klepād *klepātor
1st plur. *klepāmos *klepāmor
2nd plur. *klepātes *klepām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *klepānd *klepāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *keklopai
2nd sing. *keklopistai?
3rd sing. *keklopei
1st plur. *keklopme?
2nd plur. *keklope
3rd plur. *keklopēri
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing. *klepom
2nd sing. *klepes
3rd sing. *kleped
1st plur. *kolpome
2nd plur. *kolpete
3rd plur. *kolpond
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *klepe *klepezo
2nd plur. *klepete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *klepetōd
Participles Present Past
*klepents *kleptos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*kleptum *klepezi

Reconstruction notes

The Latin term clepsī attests to a sigmatic aorist, which may date back to Proto-Indo-European as it may have a cognate in Ancient Greek ἔκλεψᾰ (éklepsă).[2] However, the linguists Katherine McDonald and Nicholas Zair argue that the term 𐌊𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖 (kulupu) attests to a root aorist.[3]

  • *kolpos (thief)?
    • Oscan: 𐌊𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌖 (kulupu, gen. pl.)

Descendants

  • Latin: clepō
  • Oscan: κλοπουστ (klopoust, 3sg. fut. perf.)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 363
  3. ^ Katherine McDonald, Nicholas Zair (2012) “Oscan ouroust and the Roccagloriosa law tablet”, in Incontri Linguistici[1], →ISSN, page 36