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κύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύριος κυρίᾱ κύριον

Structure: κυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku=ros

Sense

  1. (of people): ruling, governing, having power
  2. (of things): decisive, critical, authorized, valid, legal, entitled
  3. (of times): fixed, set, appointed
  4. (of language): literal
  5. main, major, primary, principal

Examples

  • ἐὰν δὲ μετὰ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ βουλεύσωνται οὗτοι καὶ οὗτοι προσθεῖναι ἢ ἀφελεῖν, ποιήσονται ἐξ αἱρέσεωσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν προσθῶσιν ἢ ἀφέλωσιν, ἔσται κύρια. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:30)
  • τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα βέβαια καὶ διὰ παντὸσ κύρια ὑπάρχειν οἱ νόμοι ἀξιοῦσιν. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 12:6)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ἐντελῆ γίγνεται καὶ κύρια τὰ ἐγνωσμένα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 20:4)
  • ἐρεῖ δὲ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ αὐτίκα μάλα Ἀθηνογένησ ὡσ ὁ νόμοσ λέγει, ὅσα ἂν ἕτεροσ ἑτέρῳ ὁμολογήσῃ κύρια εἶναι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 13:1)
  • τὰ δὲ μὴ τοὐναντίον ἀπαγορεύει μὴ κύρια εἶναι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 13:3)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸσ Ἄγαρ, καὶ συνέλαβε. καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει, καὶ ἠτιμάσθη ἡ κυρία ἐναντίον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:4)
  • ἡ δὲ εἶπε τῇ κυρίᾳ αὐτῆσ. ὄφελον ὁ κύριόσ μου ἐνώπιον τοῦ προφήτου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, τότε ἀποσυνάξει αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆσ λέπρασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 5:3)
  • καὶ ἔσται ὁ λαὸσ ὡσ ὁ ἱερεὺσ καὶ ὁ παῖσ ὡσ ὁ κύριοσ καὶ ἡ θεράπαινα ὡσ ἡ κυρία. ἔσται ὁ ἀγοράζων ὡσ ὁ πωλῶν, ὁ δανείζων ὡσ ὁ δανειζόμενοσ καὶ ὁ ὀφείλων ὡσ ᾧ ὀφείλει. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 24:2)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν ἐκείναισ ἡ μὲν ἐλευθέρα καὶ σώφρων γαμετὴ κάθηται μηδενὸσ οὖσα τῶν αὑτῆσ κυρία, ἑταίρα δέ τισ ἄφρων ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ τοῦ βίου παροῦσα πάσησ ἀξιοῖ τῆσ οὐσίασ ἄρχειν, σκυβαλίζουσα καὶ δεδιττομένη τὴν ἑτέραν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 1 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. main

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