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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

  • λέγει δὲ Ἅβραμ. δέσποτα Κύριε, τί μοι δώσεισ̣ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπολύομαι ἄτεκνοσ. ὁ δὲ υἱὸσ Μασὲκ τῆσ οἰκογενοῦσ μου, οὗτοσ Δαμασκὸσ Ἐλιέζερ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:2)
  • εἶπε δέ, Δέσποτα Κύριε, κατὰ τί γνώσομαι ὅτι κληρονομήσω αὐτήν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:8)
  • καὶ εἶπε. κύριε, εἰ ἄρα εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, μὴ παρέλθῃσ τὸν παῖδά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:3)
  • καὶ εἶπε. μή τι κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω̣ ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα̣ καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἕνεκεν τῶν τριάκοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:30)
  • καὶ εἶπε. μήτι κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω ἔτι ἅπαξ. ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ δέκα̣ καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἕνεκεν τῶν δέκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:32)

Synonyms

  2. main

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