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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 ἐγένετο μεθ̓ ἡμέρασ ἤνεγκε Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆσ γῆσ θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:3)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Νῶε θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:20)
  • καὶ ὤφθη Κύριοσ τῷ Ἅβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. τῷ σπέρματί σου δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἅβραμ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:7)
  • καὶ ἀπέστη ἐκεῖθεν εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ κατὰ ἀνατολὰσ Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, Βαιθὴλ κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ Ἀγγαὶ κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:8)
  • καὶ ἀποσκηνώσασ Ἅβραμ, ἐλθὼν κατῴκησε παρὰ τὴν δρῦν τὴν Μαμβρῆ, ἣ ἦν ἐν Χεβρώμ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:18)

Synonyms

  2. main

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