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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

  • Αὕτη ἡ βίβλοσ γενέσεωσ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆσ, ὅτε ἐγένετο. ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:4)
  • Καὶ ἔλαβε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἔπλασε, καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τῆσ τρυφῆσ, ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάσσειν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:15)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ Ἀδὰμ λέγων. ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:16)
  • Καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον. ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατ̓ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:18)
  • Ο δὲ ὄφισ ἦν φρονιμώτατοσ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὧν ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφισ τῇ γυναικί. τί ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ, οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. main

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