Perseus analyses of κλέπτε:

κλέπτω (steal): pres imperat act 2nd sg
κλέπτω (steal): imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)

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κλέπτω

κλέπτω, Ion. impf. κλέπτεσκον Hdt. 2.174: fut. κλέψω Ar. Ec. 667, etc., κλέψομαι X. Cyr. 7.4.13: aor. ἔκλεψα Il. 5.268, etc.: pf. κέκλοφα Ar. Pl. 369, 372, Pl. Lg. 941d; later part. κεκλεβώς IG 5(1).1390.75 (Andania, i B.C.):—Pass., aor. 1 ἐκλέφθην Hdt. 5.84, E. Or. 1580: aor. 2 ἐκλάπην [ᾰ] Pl. R. 413b, X. Eq.Mag. 4.17; later part. κλεπείς BGU 454.19 (ii A.D.): pf. κέκλεμμαι S. Ant. 681, Ar. V. 57. (Cf. Lat. clĕpere, Goth. hlifan (κλέπτειν), hliftus (κλέπτης)):—

A. steal, c. acc. or abs., Il. 24.24, 71, 109; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that breed Anchises stole, i.e. foals of that breed, 5.268; κλέπτουσιν ἐφʼ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος Sol. 4.13; κ. μοιχεύειν τε Xenoph. 11.3; ἢν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ Democr. 253; κ. τι παρʼ ἀλλήλων Hdt. 1.186; κ. ἐξ ἱερῶν Pl. Lg. 857b; carry off, κλέψεν Μήδειαν Pi. P. 4.250; πυρὸς σέλας κ., of Prometheus, A. Pr. 8; κλέψαι τε χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ S. Ph. 644; κ. τοὺς μηνύοντας spirit away the deponents, Antipho 5.38; ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κ. let it down secretly, E. Tr. 958, cf. 1010; κ. μορφάς, of painters, steal forms (by transferring them to canvas), Luc. Epigr. 41.

2. in part. Act., thievish, κλέπτον βλέπει he has a thief’s look, Ar. V. 900; κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός heʼs an arrant thief, ib.933.

II. c.acc. pers., cozen, cheat, πάρφασις, ἥ τʼ ἔκλεψε νόον Il. 14.217; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον Hes: Th. 613; μὴ κλέπτε νόῳ Il. 1.132; κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε βουλαῖς Pi. P. 3.29; σοφία κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις Id. N. 7.23; οὔτοι φρένʼ ἂν κλέψειεν A. Ch. 854, cf. S. Tr. 243, etc.; τὴν γνώμην Hp. Epid. 5.27; κ. τὴν ἀκρόασιν Aeschin. 3.99:—Pass., κλέπτεται ὁ ἀκροατής Arist. Rh. 1408b5; προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος to go on blindfold, Hdt. 7.49; κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή his vision becomes deceptive, Hp. Morb. 2.12; κλαπέντες ἢ βιασθέντες τοῦτο πάσχουσιν Pl. R.l.c.: impers., κλέπτεται the deception is passed off, Arist. Rh. 1404b24.

2. seize or occupy secretly, τὰ ὄρη X. An. 5.6.9, cf. 4.6.11, 15; τὴν ἀρχήν D.H. 4.10.

3. effect or bring about clandestinely, γάμον κ. δώροις Theoc. 22.151:—Pass., to be ‘smuggled in’, Arist. Rh.Al. 1440b21.

4. get rid of imperceptibly, τὸ δοκεῖν . . D.H. Rh. 8.7; τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον Id. Comp. 19:—Pass., τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου Plot. 4.7.5.