κυρέω

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A.Pr.332, S.Tr.386: impf. ἐκύρουν [ῠ] Id.El.1331: fut.

   A κῠρήσω A.Ch.707, Hdt.1.112: aor. ἐκύρησα Hes.Op.755, Archil.18, Hom.Epigr.6.6, Hdt.1.31, E.Hec.215 (lyr.): pf. κεκύρηκα Pl.Alc. 2.141b:—also κύρω [ῡ], Parm.8.49, A.R.2.363, AP9.710, etc.: impf. ἔκῡρον S.OC1159; Ep. κῦρον Il.23.821, h.Cer.189, h.Ven.174: fut. κύρσω Democr.243, S.OC225 (lyr.): aor. ἔκυρσα, part. κύρσας Il.3.23, Hes.Sc.426, Op.691, E.Med.1363:—Med., κύρομαι [ῡ] in act. sense, Il.24.530:—poet. Verb, of which the two forms are used as required by the metre, and some tenses occur in Ion. and (rarely) in other Prose:    I folld. by a case, hit, light upon,    1 c. dat., meet with, fall in with, ἄλλοτε μὲν . . κακῷ . . κύρεται ἄλλοτε δ' ἐσθλῷ Il.24.530; πήματι κύρσαι Hes.Op.691; λέων ὣς σώματι κύρσας Id.Sc. l.c.; ἅρματι κύρσας having struck against it, Il.23.428; μέγα δένδρεον αἰθέρι κῦρον reaching to... Call.Cer.38, cf. A.R.2.363, 4.945, AP9.710; so ἐν πείρασι κ. Parm.8.49.    b of things, κυρεῖν τινι befall or be granted to him, S.OC1290, Tr. 291, E.Hec.215 (lyr.); also εἰς ὅ τι κύρει ἕκαστα 'which way the wind blows', Timo48.5.    2 c. gen., hit the mark, ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ A.Ag.628; reach to or as far as, μελάθρου κῦρε κάρη h.Cer.189; meet with, find, αἰδοίων βροτῶν κυρῆσαι Hom.Epigr.6.6; πικροῦ δ' ἔκυρσας . . μνηστῆρος A.Pr.739; Ἰαόνων ναυβατᾶν κύρσαντες Id.Pers.1012 (lyr.); αἰθερίας νεφέλας κύρσαιμι would I could reach... S.OC1082 (lyr.).    b attain to, obtain, γάμων Archil.18; τέκνων κ. Hdt.1.31; καθαρσίου ib.35 (v.l.); βασιληΐης ταφῆς ib.112; δίκης Id.9.116; ἀτιμίης πρός τινων Id.7.158; κυρήσει νοστίμου σωτηρίας A. Pers.797; στυγερᾶς μοίρας τῆσδε κυρήσας ib.910 (anap.); κυροῦντα τῶν ἐπαξίων Id.Pr.70; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι S.OT1514; δυσπότμων γάμων κυρήσας Id.Ant.870 (lyr.); μητρὸς ὡς κακῆς ἐκύρσατε E.Med. 1363, cf. Ion 1105 (lyr.); ἀμοιβῆς ἔκ τινος κυρεῖν Id.Med.23, cf. Supp. 1170; ἀγαθῶν Pl.Alc.2.141b, Herod.3.57; ληΐης Id.2.45; τόσσων ἐκύρησεν ὅσ' οὐ πευσεῖσθε βέβαλοι Theoc.3.51.    3 less freq. c. acc., reach, find, τί νῦν . . κυρῶ; A.Ch.214; βίον εὖ κυρήσας Id.Th.699 (lyr.); ἐπ' ἀκταῖς νιν κυρῶ E.Hec.698; τέρμονα κύρειν dub. cj. in Id.Hipp. 746 (lyr.), cf. Opp.H.1.34.    b obtain, κυρούντων τὰ πρόσφορα A.Ch. 714.    II abs., happen, come to pass, τί ποτ' αὐτίκα κύρσει; S.OC225 (lyr.); καλῶς, εὖ κυρεῖ turns out well, A.Th.23, S.El.799; of a person, Ἀτρείδην εἰδέναι κυροῦνθ' ὅπως how he fares, A.Ag.1371; also ἕτερα ἀφ' ἑτέρων κακὰ κυρεῖ follow, E.Hec.690 (lyr.); ἄλλα δ' ἐξ ἄλλων κ. Id.IT 865 (lyr.).    2 to be right, hit the mark, γνώμῃ κυρήσας by intelligence, S.OT398: c. part., τόδ' ἂν λέγων κυρήσαις in saying, A.Supp. 589 (lyr.); ἐπεικάζων κυρῶ; S.El.663.    b to be successful, prosper, Democr.243.    3 as auxil. Verb, c. part., turn out, prove to be so and so, σεσωσμένος κυρεῖ A.Pers.503, cf. Ag.1201; ποῦ ποτ' ὢν κυρεῖς; S.Ph.805; θύων ἔκυρον Id.OC1159; ἐχθρὸς ὢν κυρεῖ E.Alc. 954; εἰ κυρεῖ τις πέλας . . οἶκτον ἀΐων A.Supp.58 (lyr.): with part. omitted, acting merely as the copula, ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖς Id.Pr.332, cf. Pers.598; ποῦ γῆς κυρεῖ; S.Aj.984; φονέα σε φημὶ . . κυρεῖν Id.OT 362; ἐν κακῷ τῳ φαίνῃ κυρῶν Id.Ph.741; ἐν πύλαισι . . κυρεῖ E.Ph. 1067; ἔνθα πημάτων κυρῶ Id.Tr.685.    4 κ. πρός . . refer to, οὔτ' εἶπον οὐδὲν πρός <σε> κῦρον Trag.Adesp.226; τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα Plb. 12.15.9.