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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. Ἄγαρ, παιδίσκη Σάρασ, πόθεν ἔρχῃ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ἀπὸ προσώπου Σάρασ τῆσ κυρίασ μου ἐγὼ ἀποδιδράσκω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:8)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἠρρώστησεν ὁ υἱὸσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ τῆσ κυρίασ τοῦ οἴκου, καὶ ἦν ἡ ἀρρωστία αὐτοῦ κραταιὰ σφόδρα, ἕωσ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν αὐτῷ πνεῦμα. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 17:17)
  • ἰδοὺ ὡσ ὀφθαλμοὶ δούλων εἰσ χεῖρασ τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν, ὡσ ὀφθαλμοὶ παιδίσκησ εἰσ χεῖρασ τῆσ κυρίασ αὐτῆσ, οὕτωσ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, ἕωσ οὗ οἰκτειρῆσαι ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 122:2)
  • ἰδοὺ Κύριοσ Κύριοσ μετὰ ἰσχύοσ ἔρχεται καὶ ὁ βραχίων μετὰ κυρίασ. ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸσ αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:10)
  • εὑρὼν γὰρ τὰσ Ἐπικούρου κυρίασ δόξασ, τὸ κάλλιστον, ὡσ οἶσθα, τῶν βιβλίων καὶ κεφαλαιώδη περιέχον τῆσ τἀνδρὸσ σοφίασ τὰ δόγματα, κομίσασ εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν μέσην ἔκαυσεν ἐπὶ ξύλων συκίνων ὡσ δῆθεν αὐτὸν καταφλέγων, καὶ τὴν σποδὸν εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐξέβαλεν, ἔτι καὶ χρησμὸν ἐπιφθεγξάμενοσ Πυρπολέειν κέλομαι δόξασ ἀλαοῖο γέροντοσ οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁ κατάρατοσ ὅσων ἀγαθῶν τὸ βιβλίον ἐκεῖνο τοῖσ ἐντυχοῦσιν αἴτιον γίγνεται, καὶ ὅσην αὐτοῖσ εἰρήνην καὶ ἀταραξίαν καὶ ἐλευθερίαν ἐνεργάζεται, δειμάτων μὲν καὶ φασμάτων καὶ τεράτων ἀπαλλάττον καὶ ἐλπίδων ματαίων καὶ περιττῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, νοῦν δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν ἐντιθὲν καὶ καθαῖρον ὡσ ἀληθῶσ τὰσ γνώμασ, οὐχ ὑπὸ δᾳδὶ καὶ σκίλλῃ καὶ ταῖσ τοιαύταισ φλυαρίαισ, ἀλλὰ λόγῳ ὀρθῷ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ παρρησίᾳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 47:2)

Synonyms

  1. main

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