Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κυριεύω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυριεύω κυριεύσω

Structure: κυριεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from ku/_rios

Sense

  1. to be lord or master of
  2. to have legal power

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυριεύω κυριεύεις κυριεύει
Dual κυριεύετον κυριεύετον
Plural κυριεύομεν κυριεύετε κυριεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κυριεύω κυριεύῃς κυριεύῃ
Dual κυριεύητον κυριεύητον
Plural κυριεύωμεν κυριεύητε κυριεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular κυριεύοιμι κυριεύοις κυριεύοι
Dual κυριεύοιτον κυριευοίτην
Plural κυριεύοιμεν κυριεύοιτε κυριεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular κυρίευε κυριευέτω
Dual κυριεύετον κυριευέτων
Plural κυριεύετε κυριευόντων, κυριευέτωσαν
Infinitive κυριεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυριευων κυριευοντος κυριευουσα κυριευουσης κυριευον κυριευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυριεύομαι κυριεύει, κυριεύῃ κυριεύεται
Dual κυριεύεσθον κυριεύεσθον
Plural κυριευόμεθα κυριεύεσθε κυριεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular κυριεύωμαι κυριεύῃ κυριεύηται
Dual κυριεύησθον κυριεύησθον
Plural κυριευώμεθα κυριεύησθε κυριεύωνται
OptativeSingular κυριευοίμην κυριεύοιο κυριεύοιτο
Dual κυριεύοισθον κυριευοίσθην
Plural κυριευοίμεθα κυριεύοισθε κυριεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular κυριεύου κυριευέσθω
Dual κυριεύεσθον κυριευέσθων
Plural κυριεύεσθε κυριευέσθων, κυριευέσθωσαν
Infinitive κυριεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυριευομενος κυριευομενου κυριευομενη κυριευομενης κυριευομενον κυριευομενου

Future tense

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

  • τοῦ δὲ Νικάνοροσ νυκτὸσ ἀναχθέντοσ καὶ διαφωσκούσησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ οὗτοι μὲν ἐπιπεσόντεσ ἄφνω τοῖσ πολεμίοισ τεθορυβημένοισ εὐθὺσ κατὰ τὸν πρῶτον ἐπίπλουν ἐτρέψαντο καὶ τὰσ μὲν τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ τύπτοντεσ ἀνέρρηττον, ὧν δὲ τοὺσ ταρσοὺσ παρέσυρον, ὧν δὲ αὐτάνδρων παραδιδομένων ἀκινδύνωσ ἐκυρίευον· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 72 8:1)
  • ἃ δὴ πυθόμενοσ ὁ Ἀγαθοκλῆσ ἦγε κατὰ τάχοσ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τινὰ μὲν τῶν ἀφηρπασμένων ἀνέσωσε, τῶν δὲ πλείστων οἱ Νομάδεσ ἐκυρίευον καὶ νυκτὸσ ἐπιγενομένησ μακρὰν ἑαυτοὺσ ἐξετόπισαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 39 3:1)
  • πολλάκισ δὲ τὰσ ἰδίασ ἔχοντεσ ναῦσ συντετριμμένασ, εἰσ τὰσ τῶν ἐναντίων μεθαλλόμενοι, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν ἀποκτείνοντεσ, τοὺσ δ’ εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν προωθοῦντεσ, ἐκυρίευον τῶν τριήρων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 13 25:1)
  • ἐκ πολλῶν δὲ χρόνων περὶ τῆσ Τριφυλίασ ἠμφεσβήτουν Ἀρκάδεσ καὶ Ἠλεῖοι, καὶ κατὰ τὰσ ἑκατέρων ἐν ταῖσ μεταβολαῖσ ὑπεροχὰσ ἐναλλὰξ ἐκυρίευον τῆσ χώρασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 74 23:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀρκάδεσ μετὰ Πισαίων κοινῇ τεθεικότεσ ὑπῆρχον τὸν ἀγῶνα τῶν Ὀλυμπίων, καὶ ἐκυρίευον τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ χρημάτων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 82 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be lord or master of

  2. to have legal power

Related

Derived

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

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