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κῦρος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῦρος κῦρεος

Structure: κῡρο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. supreme power, authority

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κῦρος κῡ́ρει κῡ́ρη
Genitive κῡ́ρους κῡ́ροιν κῡρέων
Dative κῡ́ρει κῡ́ροιν κῡ́ρεσιν*
Accusative κῦρος κῡ́ρει κῡ́ρη
Vocative κῦρος κῡ́ρει κῡ́ρη

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

  • τάδε λέγει Κῦροσ βασιλεὺσ Περσῶν πάσαισ ταῖσ βασιλείαισ τῆσ γῆσ. ἔδωκέ μοι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐνετείλατό μοι οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον αὐτῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ. τίσ ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐκ παντὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ̣ ἔσται Θεὸσ αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήτω. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 36:31)
  • τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺσ Περσῶν Κῦροσ. ἐμὲ ἀνέδειξε βασιλέα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ ὁ Κύριοσ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Κύριοσ ὁ Ὕψιστοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:3)
  • καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Κῦροσ ἐξήνεγκε τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου, ἃ μετήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἀπηρείσατο αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ εἰδωλείῳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:9)
  • ἐξενέγκασ δὲ αὐτὰ Κῦροσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Περσῶν παρέδωκεν αὐτὰ Μιθραδάτῃ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ γαζοφύλακι. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 2:10)
  • καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ληφθέντα ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκπέμψαι, ἃ ἐχώρισε Κῦροσ, ὅτε ηὔξατο ἐκκόψαι Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ηὔξατο ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:44)

Synonyms

  1. supreme power

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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