ἐπικύρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπικύρω
ἐπέκυρσα
Structure:
ἐπι
(Prefix)
+
κύρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to light upon, fall in with
- to have a share, of
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- εἷσ μὲν αὐτῶν τάσ τε ῥάβδουσ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ παράσημα τῆσ ὑπατικῆσ εἶχεν ἐξουσίασ, ὃσ βουλήν τε συνεκάλει καὶ δόγματα ἐπεκύρου καὶ τἆλλα ἔπραττεν, ὅσα ἡγεμόνι προσῆκεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 57 1:2)
- ἐνισταμένων δὲ πολλῶν καὶ Κάτωνοσ, εἰσηγεῖτο μὲν ὁ Καῖσαρ θάνατον τῷ μὴ ὀμόσαντι, καὶ ὁ δῆμοσ ἐπεκύρου· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 2 5:2)
- εἰ δὲ οὔτε τὰσ ἀρχὰσ τὰσ ἐν ἄστει οὔτε τὰσ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἡγεμονίασ οὔτε στρατείασ ἢ ἱερωσύνασ ἢ κληρουχίασ ἢ τιμὰσ ἄλλασ ὑμῖν ἀπέδωκεν οὐδὲ προεβούλευεν ἡ βουλὴ περὶ οὐδενὸσ οὐδ’ ὁ δῆμοσ ἐπεκύρου, ἀλλὰ πάνθ’ ὁ Καῖσαρ ἦν ἅπασιν ἐξ ἐπιτάγματοσ καὶ οὐδὲ κόροσ αὐτῷ τοῦ κακοῦ τισ ἐγίγνετο, οἱο͂σ ἐγένετο Σύλλᾳ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ καθελὼν ἀπέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν πολιτείαν, ὁ δ’ ἐπὶ ἄλλην στρατείαν χρόνιον ἀπιὼν ἐσ πενταετὲσ ὑμῶν τὰ ἀρχαιρέσια προελάμβανε, ποία ταῦτα ἦν ἐλευθερία, ἧσ οὐδ’ ἐλπὶσ ὑπεφαίνετο ἔτι; (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 19 3:2)
Synonyms
-
to light upon
- ἐγκύρω (to fall in with, light upon, meet with)
- περιτυγχάνω (to light upon, fall in with, meet with)
- ἐμπίπτω (to light or chance upon, to fall in with)
- ἐγκαταπίπτω (to fall in or upon)
- προσπίτνω (to fall upon)
- ἐμπίπτω (to fall upon)
- προσπίτνω (to fall upon)
- προσπίπτω (to fall upon)
- ἐμβάλλω (fall upon)
- ἐπεισπίπτω (to fall upon)
- προσπίπτω (to fall in with, light upon, meet with)
- συνεμπίπτω (to fall in or upon together)
- ἐπιπίπτω (to fall upon or over)
- ἐπικαταρρέω (to fall down upon)
- ἐμπίπτω (to fall in or upon or into)
- ἐπιβάλλω (to fall upon or against)
- ἐπικαθίζω (to sit upon, light upon)
- ἐπιβαίνω (to light upon, to go on to, to enter)
- ἐμπίπτω (to fall upon, attack)
- εἰσπίπτω (to fall upon, attack)
- ἐπιτυγχάνω (to hit the mark, to light or fall upon, meet with)
- περιπίπτω (to fall around, upon)
- ἐπεισπίπτω (to fall in upon, to burst in)
- κυρέω (to hit, light upon)
- ἐπισκήπτω (to fall upon, came to)
-
to have a share
Derived
- ἐγκύρω (to fall in with, light upon, meet with)