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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κύριος κυρίᾱ κύριον
Genitive κυρίου κυρίᾱς κυρίου
Dative κυρίῳ κυρίᾱͅ κυρίῳ
Accusative κύριον κυρίᾱν κύριον
Vocative κύριε κυρίᾱ κύριον
DualN/A/V κυρίω κυρίᾱ κυρίω
G/D κυρίοιν κυρίαιν κυρίοιν
PluralNominative κύριοι κυρίαι κύρια
Genitive κυρίων κυριῶν κυρίων
Dative κυρίοις κυρίαις κυρίοις
Accusative κυρίους κυρίᾱς κύρια
Vocative κύριοι κυρίαι κύρια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κύριος κυρίου κυριώτερος κυριωτέρου κυριώτατος κυριωτάτου
Adverb κυρίως κυριώτερον κυριώτατα

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

  • Αἱ γυναῖκεσ εὐθὺσ ἀπὸ τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν κυρίαι καλοῦνται. (Epictetus, Works, chapter 40 1:1)
  • ὅπου δὲ οὐδὲ [περὶ] τῶν αὑτοῦ ἰδίων αἱ [μὴ δ]ίκαιαι διαθῆκαι κύριαί εἰσιν, πῶσ Ἀθηνογένει γε κα[τὰ τῶ]ν ἐμῶν συνθεμένῳ τοιαῦτα δεῖ [κύρι]α εἶναι; (Hyperides, Speeches, 17:3)
  • αὗται μὲν οὖν αἱ ἀρχαὶ κληρωταί τε καὶ κύριαι τῶν εἰρημένων πράξεων εἰσίν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 55 1:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀρχῶν ὅσαι τοιαῦται, ὅθεν πρῶτον αἱ κινήσεισ, κύριαι λέγονται, μάλιστα δὲ δικαίωσ ἀφ’ ὧν μὴ ἐνδέχεται ἄλλωσ, ἣν ἴσωσ ὁ θεὸσ ἄρχει. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 97:2)
  • ἢ γὰρ αἱ ὕστεραι κύριαι, ἄκυροι δ’ αἱ πρότεραι, ἢ αἱ πρότεραι ὀρθαί, αἱ δ’ ὕστεραι ἠπατήκασιν, ὁποτέρωσ ἂν ᾖ χρήσιμον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 15 25:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν ταύταισ τὸ εὖ ἢ κακῶσ, ἀλλὰ προσδεῖται τούτων ὁ ἀνθρώπινοσ βίοσ, καθάπερ εἴπομεν, κύριαι δ’ εἰσὶν αἱ κατ’ ἀρετὴν ἐνέργειαι τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ, αἱ δ’ ἐναντίαι τοῦ ἐναντίου. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 108:2)

Synonyms

  2. main

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