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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

ὃ δὴ καὶ σημεῖον φέρουσι τοῦ τὸ κυριώτερον τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐνταῦθα κεῖσθαι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 2:6)
κυριώτερον δ’ ἂν οὕτωσ ἐλέχθη· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 29 3:5)
τύπῳ δ’ ἂν ἀφορισθείη κοινότερον μὲν τὸ κατὰ δύναμιν πεφυκὸσ γίγνεσθαι, κυριώτερον δὲ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο, ὁπόταν μηδὲν ἔξωθεν ἔχῃ πρὸσ τὸ γίγνεσθαι ἐμποδών. (Plutarch, De fato, section 6 6:2)
"ἡ δὲ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐμποιοῦσα κίνησισ ἢ διάθεσισ, μεταβολῇ διὰ πέντε γιγνομένη, τῇ φύσει τὸ τέλειον ἀποδίδωσι, καὶ τοσούτῳ κυριώτερον ἔχει τῆσ τετράδοσ λόγον, ὅσῳ τιμῇ διαφέρει τοῦ ἀψύχου τὸ ζῷον. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 137)
τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ἄδηλον εἴτε πρὸσ τόν λόγον τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ὁ Δημοσθένησ εἴτε πρὸσ τόν βίον καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐπεπόνθει, πολλῶν πάνυ καὶ μακρῶν περιόδων ἓν ῥῆμα καὶ νεῦμα πίστιν ἔχοντοσ ἀνθρώπου κυριώτερον ἡγούμενοσ. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 10 3:1)
καὶ ὁ [μὲν Σόλων οὐδ’ ὃ] δικαίωσ ἔγραφεν ψήφ[ισμά τισ τοῦ νόμου] οἰέται δεῖν κυριώ[τερον εἶναι, σὺ δὲ καὶ τ]ὰσ ἀδίκουσ συνθ[ήκασ ἀξιοῖσ κρατεῖν πάντων τ]ῶν νόμων. (Hyperides, Speeches, 22:5)

Synonyms

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

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