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

  • 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 κατέβησαν τρισχίλιοι ἀπὸ Ἰούδα ἄνδρεσ εἰσ τρυμαλιὰν πέτρασ Ἠτὰμ καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ Σαμψών. οὐκ οἶδασ ὅτι κυριεύουσιν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἡμῶν, καὶ τί τοῦτο ἐποίησασ ἡμῖν̣ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ Σαμψών. ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησάν μοι, οὕτωσ ἐποίησα αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 15:11)
  • καὶ εἶπε. Κύριε ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν πατέρων μου, οὐχὶ σὺ εἶ Θεὸσ ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ σὺ κυριεύεισ πασῶν τῶν βασιλειῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ἰσχὺσ δυναστείασ καὶ οὐκ ἔστι πρόσ σε ἀντιστῆναι̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 20:6)
  • ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺσ ὑπερισχύει καὶ κυριεύει αὐτῶν καὶ δεσπόζει αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ αὐτοῖσ, ἐνακούουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:3)
  • αἱ γυναῖκεσ ἐγέννησαν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ πάντα τὸν λαόν, ὃσ κυριεύει τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:15)

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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