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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

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυριεύσω κυριεύσεις κυριεύσει
Dual κυριεύσετον κυριεύσετον
Plural κυριεύσομεν κυριεύσετε κυριεύσουσιν*
OptativeSingular κυριεύσοιμι κυριεύσοις κυριεύσοι
Dual κυριεύσοιτον κυριευσοίτην
Plural κυριεύσοιμεν κυριεύσοιτε κυριεύσοιεν
Infinitive κυριεύσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυριευσων κυριευσοντος κυριευσουσα κυριευσουσης κυριευσον κυριευσοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυριεύσομαι κυριεύσει, κυριεύσῃ κυριεύσεται
Dual κυριεύσεσθον κυριεύσεσθον
Plural κυριευσόμεθα κυριεύσεσθε κυριεύσονται
OptativeSingular κυριευσοίμην κυριεύσοιο κυριεύσοιτο
Dual κυριεύσοισθον κυριευσοίσθην
Plural κυριευσοίμεθα κυριεύσοισθε κυριεύσοιντο
Infinitive κυριεύσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυριευσομενος κυριευσομενου κυριευσομενη κυριευσομενης κυριευσομενον κυριευσομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκυρίευον ἐκυρίευες ἐκυρίευεν*
Dual ἐκυριεύετον ἐκυριευέτην
Plural ἐκυριεύομεν ἐκυριεύετε ἐκυρίευον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκυριευόμην ἐκυριεύου ἐκυριεύετο
Dual ἐκυριεύεσθον ἐκυριευέσθην
Plural ἐκυριευόμεθα ἐκυριεύεσθε ἐκυριεύοντο

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

  • εἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ. μὴ βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεισ ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ ἢ κυριεύων κυριεύσεισ ἡμῶν̣ καὶ προσέθεντο ἔτι μισεῖν αὐτὸν ἕνεκεν τῶν ἐνυπνίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕνεκεν τῶν ρημάτων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:8)
  • Σηὼν τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἀμορραίων, ὃσ κατῴκει ἐν Ἐσεβὼν κυριεύων ἀπὸ Ἀροήρ, ἣ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ φάραγγι, κατὰ μέροσ τῆσ φάραγγοσ, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῆσ Γαλαὰδ ἕωσ Ἰαβόκ, ὅρια υἱῶν Ἀμμών, (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 12:2)
  • οὐ μέγασ ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ πολλοὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ ὁ οἶνοσ ἰσχύει̣ τίσ οὖν ὁ δεσπόζων αὐτῶν ἢ τίσ ὁ κυριεύων αὐτῶν̣ οὐχ αἱ γυναῖκεσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:14)
  • ἁπάντων δὲ κυριεύων ὁ ἀνὴρ εἰσ ὀλιγαρχίαν μεθίστησιν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 108:1)
  • οὗτοσ γὰρ οὐ προσέχων τοῖσ Μακεδόσιν ὑπὸ μὲν Ἀλεξάνδρου παρεωράθη διὰ τοὺσ περὶ Δαρεῖον ἀγῶνασ καὶ περισπασμούσ, ἀναστροφὴν δὲ πολυχρόνιον εἶχε κυριεύων τῆσ Καππαδοκίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 16 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be lord or master of

  2. to have legal power

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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

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