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κύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύριος κυρίᾱ κύριον

Structure: κυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku=ros

Sense

(of people): ruling, governing, having power
(of things): decisive, critical, authorized, valid, legal, entitled
(of times): fixed, set, appointed
(of language): literal
main, major, primary, principal

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	κύριος	κυρίᾱ	κύριον
	Genitive	κυρίου	κυρίᾱς	κυρίου
	Dative	κυρίῳ	κυρίᾱͅ	κυρίῳ
	Accusative	κύριον	κυρίᾱν	κύριον
	Vocative	κύριε	κυρίᾱ	κύριον
Dual	N/A/V	κυρίω	κυρίᾱ	κυρίω
Dual	G/D	κυρίοιν	κυρίαιν	κυρίοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

ὁ γὰρ πρῶτοσ, ὡσ ἐοίκε, καὶ κυριώτατοσ νόμοσ τῷ σῴζεσθαι δεομένῳ τὸν σῴζειν δυνάμενον ἄρχοντα κατὰ φύσιν ἀποδίδωσι· (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 24 3:1)
ὁ γὰρ δῆμοσ ὁ Ἀθηναίων κυριώτατοσ ὢν τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἁπάντων, καὶ ἐξὸν αὐτῷ ποιεῖν ὅ τι ἂν βούληται, οὕτω καλὸν καὶ σεμνὸν ἡγήσατ’ εἶναι δῶρον τὸ Ἀθηναῖον γενέσθαι, ὥστε νόμουσ ἔθετο αὑτῷ καθ’ οὓσ ποιεῖσθαι δεῖ, ἐάν τινα βούλωνται, πολίτην, οἳ νῦν προπεπηλακισμένοι εἰσὶν ὑπὸ Στεφάνου τουτουὶ καὶ τῶν οὕτω γεγαμηκότων. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 134:2)
οὕτωσ τοίνυν καλῶσ καὶ ἰσχυρῶσ τῶν νόμων κειμένων ὑπὲρ τῆσ πολιτείασ, δι’ ὧν δεῖ Ἀθηναῖον γενέσθαι, ἕτερόσ ἐστιν ἐφ’ ἅπασι τούτοισ κυριώτατοσ νόμοσ κείμενοσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 138:2)
χρόνοι δὲ ἑκάστου τούτων εἰσὶ τῷ μὲν συμβουλεύοντι ὁ μέλλων περὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐσομένων συμβουλεύει ἢ προτρέπων ἢ ἀποτρέπων, τῷ δὲ δικαζομένῳ ὁ γενόμενοσ περὶ γὰρ τῶν πεπραγμένων ἀεὶ ὁ μὲν κατηγορεῖ, ὁ δὲ ἀπολογεῖται, τῷ δ’ ἐπιδεικτικῷ κυριώτατοσ μὲν ὁ παρών κατὰ γὰρ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἐπαινοῦσιν ἢ ψέγουσιν πάντεσ, προσχρῶνται δὲ πολλάκισ καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἀναμιμνήσκοντεσ καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα προεικάζοντεσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 3 4:1)
τούτων κυριώτατοσ καὶ μάλιστα ἐπείγων ἐστὶν ὁ περὶ τὰ πάθη· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 3:1)
τῶν γὰρ παραδόξων οὗτοσ ὁ τόποσ κυριώτατόσ ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 23 16:2)

Synonyms

- πάναρχος (all-powerful, ruling all)
- ἀρκτέος (one must govern, one must be ruled, obey)
main
- κεφάλαιος (main, chief, principal)

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