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clŭĕo, ēre (clŭo, ĕre, Aus. Prof. 21; Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 30 Müll.; Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 585; Symm. Ep. 1, 1; Mart. Cap. 6, § 571), v. n. and a. [root klu-; Sanscr. s)ru, hear; cf. Gr. ἀκροάομαι, κλέος; Lat. laus], like audio, 5., to hear one’s self called in some way, to be named, called, spoken of, reputed, esteemed, or famed in some way, = dicor (only ante- and post-class.; most freq. in Plaut. and Lucr., but not in Ter.; mostly in mock-heroic style; cf. Lorenz ad Plaut. Ps. v. 570); with pred. nom.: ut meus victor vir belli clueat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 16; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 33; 2, 2, 36.
With abl., etc., of manner, or absol.: ut Acherunti clueas gloriā, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 31; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 95: corona, Per gentes Italas hominum quae clara clueret, Lucr. 1, 120: si quod agit, cluet victoriā, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 20: cluentum fides Quojusmodi clueat, id. Men. 4, 2, 6: nam quaecumque cluent, every thing that has a name, Lucr. 1, 450; cf. id. 1, 481; 1, 581; 2, 351; 2, 525; 2, 791; 3, 207 al.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.
With inf. and pred. nom.: per gentes esse cluebat omnium miserrimus, Enn. ap. Non. p. 88, 1; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; Lucr. 4, 53 Lachm. N. cr.; cf. also clueor.

1. clŭo = purgo, acc. to Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720 (where, instead of pugnare, purgare should be read).

2. clŭo = clueo, q. v.