κλαίω
I. "to weep, lament, wail", Hom., etc.; αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω I shall send him home "weeping", i. e. "well beaten", Il.; hence κλαύσεται "he shall weep", i. e. "he shall repent it", Ar.; κλαύσει μακρά id=Ar.; κλάων "to your sorrow, at your peril", Soph., Eur.; κλάειν σε λέγω or κελεύω, Lat. plorare te jubeo, Ar.
II. trans. "to weep for, lament", Hom.:—in Pass. "to be lamented", Aesch.: impers., μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται "I shall mourn" in vain, Ar.
III. Mid. "to bewail oneself, weep aloud", Aesch.; so perf. part. pass., κεκλαυμένος "bathed in tears, all tears", id=Aesch., Soph.
2. trans. "to bewail to oneself", Soph.