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κυρία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυρία

Structure: κυρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of ku/rios signf. b. 1. 2.

Sense

Declension

First declension

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

  • ὅπου δὲ οὐδὲ [περὶ] τῶν αὑτοῦ ἰδίων αἱ [μὴ δ]ίκαιαι διαθῆκαι κύριαί εἰσιν, πῶσ Ἀθηνογένει γε κα[τὰ τῶ]ν ἐμῶν συνθεμένῳ τοιαῦτα δεῖ [κύρι]α εἶναι; (Hyperides, Speeches, 17:3)
  • αὗται μὲν οὖν αἱ ἀρχαὶ κληρωταί τε καὶ κύριαι τῶν εἰρημένων πράξεων εἰσίν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 55 1:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀρχῶν ὅσαι τοιαῦται, ὅθεν πρῶτον αἱ κινήσεισ, κύριαι λέγονται, μάλιστα δὲ δικαίωσ ἀφ’ ὧν μὴ ἐνδέχεται ἄλλωσ, ἣν ἴσωσ ὁ θεὸσ ἄρχει. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 97:2)
  • ἢ γὰρ αἱ ὕστεραι κύριαι, ἄκυροι δ’ αἱ πρότεραι, ἢ αἱ πρότεραι ὀρθαί, αἱ δ’ ὕστεραι ἠπατήκασιν, ὁποτέρωσ ἂν ᾖ χρήσιμον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 15 25:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν ταύταισ τὸ εὖ ἢ κακῶσ, ἀλλὰ προσδεῖται τούτων ὁ ἀνθρώπινοσ βίοσ, καθάπερ εἴπομεν, κύριαι δ’ εἰσὶν αἱ κατ’ ἀρετὴν ἐνέργειαι τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ, αἱ δ’ ἐναντίαι τοῦ ἐναντίου. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 108:2)

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

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