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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

  • ἡ δὲ λέξισ ἐστὶ τοῦ Δεινάρχου κυρίωσ ἠθική, πάθοσ κινοῦσα, σχεδὸν τῇ πικρίᾳ μόνον καὶ τῷ τόνῳ τοῦ Δημοσθενικοῦ χαρακτῆροσ λειπομένη, τοῦ δὲ πιθανοῦ καὶ κυρίου μηδὲν ἐνδέουσα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 1 3:4)
  • ἀξιῶ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὥσπερ οὗτοι μέγα τοῦτ’ ἂν ἔφασαν εἶναι σημεῖον, ὡσ οὐκ ἔστιν Ἡγησίππου, εἰ οἱ διαιτηταὶ αὐτῶν ἀπεδιῄτησαν, οὕτω τὸ νῦν ἡμῖν τοιοῦτον εἶναι μαρτύριον ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγομεν, ἐπεὶ ἔδοξαν αὐτοὶ ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον Ἀθηναῖον ὄντα καὶ κυρίωσ πρῶτον ἐγγραφέντα ὕστερον ἐξαλείψαντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 5:8)
  • μετοίκων δέ τινων ἐπιδεδανεικότων ἐπὶ κτήμασιν, οὐκ οὔσησ αὐτοῖσ ἐγκτήσεωσ ἐψηφίσαντο τὸ τρίτον μέροσ εἰσφέροντα τοῦ δανείου τὸν βουλόμενον κυρίωσ ἔχειν τὸ κτῆμα. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 28:1)
  • καὶ ταῖσ μὲν ἄλλαισ ὑπεροχαῖσ προσμάχονται καὶ διαμφισβητοῦσιν ἀρετῆσ καὶ γένουσ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ, ὡσ ἀφαιροῦντεσ αὑτῶν ὅσον ἄλλοισ ὑφίενται τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου πρωτεῖον, ὃ καλεῖται κυρίωσ πρεσβεῖον, ἀζηλοτύπητόν ἐστι; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 7 3:1)
  • πέπωκ’ ἐγώ, μὰ Δία τὸν Μενδαῖον ὅτι τὸ ἀναπίπτειν κυρίωσ ἐπὶ ψυχῆσ ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν ἀθυμεῖν, ὀλιγοδρανεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 41 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. main

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