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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

  • Καὶ ἤκουσαν τῆσ φωνῆσ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ περιπατοῦντοσ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλινόν, καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:8)
  • καὶ τῷ Σὴθ ἐγένετο υἱόσ, ἐπωνόμασε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐνώσ. οὗτοσ ἤλπισεν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:26)
  • Νῶε δὲ εὗρε χάριν ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:8)
  • οὗτοσ ἦν γίγασ κυνηγὸσ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσιν, ὡσ Νεβρὼδ γίγασ κυνηγὸσ ἐναντίον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:9)

Synonyms

  2. main

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