Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κυρέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυρέω

Structure: κυρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: Mid. ku/romai [u_] in act. sense

Sense

  1. to hit, light upon
  2. to light upon, meet with, fall in with, strike against, to befall or be granted to
  3. to hit, to reach to or as far as, to meet with, find
  4. to attain to, be master of, obtain
  5. to happen, come to pass
  6. to be right, hit the exact truth
  7. to turn out, prove to be, to be

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύρω κύρεις κύρει
Dual κύρειτον κύρειτον
Plural κύρουμεν κύρειτε κύρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κύρω κύρῃς κύρῃ
Dual κύρητον κύρητον
Plural κύρωμεν κύρητε κύρωσιν*
OptativeSingular κύροιμι κύροις κύροι
Dual κύροιτον κυροίτην
Plural κύροιμεν κύροιτε κύροιεν
ImperativeSingular κῦρει κυρεῖτω
Dual κύρειτον κυρεῖτων
Plural κύρειτε κυροῦντων, κυρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive κύρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυρων κυρουντος κυρουσα κυρουσης κυρουν κυρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κύρουμαι κύρει, κύρῃ κύρειται
Dual κύρεισθον κύρεισθον
Plural κυροῦμεθα κύρεισθε κύρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular κύρωμαι κύρῃ κύρηται
Dual κύρησθον κύρησθον
Plural κυρώμεθα κύρησθε κύρωνται
OptativeSingular κυροίμην κύροιο κύροιτο
Dual κύροισθον κυροίσθην
Plural κυροίμεθα κύροισθε κύροιντο
ImperativeSingular κύρου κυρεῖσθω
Dual κύρεισθον κυρεῖσθων
Plural κύρεισθε κυρεῖσθων, κυρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive κύρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυρουμενος κυρουμενου κυρουμενη κυρουμενης κυρουμενον κυρουμενου

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • κακὸν κυρεῖν τι Θρῃκίῳ στρατεύματι ἐοίκεν, οἱᾶ τοῦδε γιγνώσκω κλύων. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, lyric 1:1)
  • ἕτερα δ’ ἀφ’ ἑτέρων κακὰ κακῶν κυρεῖ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:6)
  • ἐπ’ ἀκταῖσ νιν κυρῶ θαλασσίαισ . (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric4)
  • θρηνοῦσα δὲ τὸ σὸν διδάσκεισ μ’ ἔνθα πημάτων κυρῶ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 3:8)
  • κυρεῖ δ’ Ἀγαύη πλησίον θρῴσκουσά μου· (Euripides, episode, trochees 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. to hit

  2. to light upon

  3. to hit

  4. to happen

  5. to turn out

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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