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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

  • λαλήσατε δὴ ἐν τοῖσ ὠσὶ πάντων τῶν ἀνδρῶν Συχέμ. τί τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὑμῖν, κυριεῦσαι ὑμῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρασ, πάντασ υἱοὺσ Ἱεροβάαλ, ἢ κυριεύειν ὑμῶν ἄνδρα ἕνα̣ καὶ μνήσθητε ὅτι ὀστοῦν ὑμῶν καὶ σὰρξ ὑμῶν εἰμι. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:2)
  • καὶ πιστεύουσιν ἑνὶ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτῶν κατ̓ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ κυριεύειν πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτῶν, καὶ πάντεσ ἀκούουσι τοῦ ἑνόσ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι φθόνοσ οὐδὲ ζῆλοσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:16)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν κυριεύειν ἀναφαίνεται, οἷον κακοηθείασ, καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀνδρείασ ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν, θυμοῦ τε καὶ πόνου καὶ φόβου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:4)
  • ο<ὐ> γὰρ ἀνδρὸσ ἀπειλήν, ἀλλὰ νόμου φωνὴν κυριεύειν δεῖ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων, οὐδ’ αἰτίαν φοβερὰν εἶναι τοῖσ ἐλευθέροισ, ἀλλ’ ἔλεγχον, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ κολακεύουσιν τοὺσ δυνάστασ καὶ διαβάλλουσιν τοὺ<σ> πολίτασ τὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀσφαλέσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν νόμων πίστει γενέσθαι. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 25:2)
  • διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀρετὴν αἱροῦνται μὲν ἄνευ πόνου τὰ μέτρια κεκτῆσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ διὰ πολέμου πάντων κυριεύειν, καὶ δύνανται πεινῶντεσ καὶ διψῶντεσ ἀλύπωσ σίτου καὶ ποτοῦ κοινωνεῖν καὶ τοῖσ τῶν ὡραίων ἀφροδισίοισ ἡδόμενοι καρτερεῖν, ὥστε μὴ λυπεῖν οὓσ μὴ προσήκει· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 6 23:2)
  • νῦν δὲ ἐκ[ε]ῖν[ο]ν μὲν ἑώρων κα[θ]’ ὑπερβολὴν ἀσθ[ε]νῶσ διακείμενον, ταύτην δὲ τ[ὴν τ]ῆσ ο[ἰ]κίασ μ[έ]λλουσαν κυριεύε[ι]ν πολὺ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀνελάμβανον, μὴ παθόντοσ τι τούτου τιμωρίαν ὑποσχῶσιν ὧν ἀντέπ[ρα]ξαν. (Hyperides, Speeches, 1:7)

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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