κυρόω

English (LSJ)

fut. -ώσω Hdt.6.86.β: (κῦρος):—

   A confirm, ratify, δόμοις . . τήνδ' ἐκύρωσας φάτιν A.Pers.227 (troch.); τῇδ' ἐκύρωσεν φάτις ib.521; ταῦτα Hdt.l.c.; τὸν γάμον Id.6.126; ἡ ἐκκλησία κυρώσασα ταῦτα διελύθη Th.8.69; Ζεῦ, ταῦτα κυρώσειας Ar.Th.369 (lyr.); μοῖραν Pl.R. 620e; τὴν γνώμην Plb.1.11.1; τὰς διαλύσεις Id.1.17.1:—Med., accomplish one's end, λόγῳ κυροῦται τὰ πάντα Pl.Grg.451c, cf. d:—Pass., to be ratified, determined, ἐκεκύρωτο ὁ γάμος Κλεισθένεϊ Hdt.6.130; οὐδὲ κυρωθῆναι ἔμενον τὸ πρῆγμα Id.8.56, cf. Th.4.125; τοὺς κυρωθέντας [τῶν νόμων] And.1.85, cf. D.20.93; τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ κυρωθὲν περὶ τούτων IG7.303.45 (Orop.); κυρωθέντος τοῦ δόγματος Plb.1.11.3; of a contract, to be sanctioned, PPetr.2p.44 (iii B.C.); in auctions, to be knocked down, BGU992i9 (ii B.C.); ὁ κυρωθείς the highest bidder, to whom an object is knocked down, PRev.Laws 48.17 (iii B.C.): generally, ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος; at what point hath the end been fixed or determined? A.Supp.603, cf. Ch.874, E.Hipp.746 (v.l.); πρὶν κεκυρῶσθαι σφαγάς before it has been accomplished, Id.El.1069: c. inf., ἐκεκύρωτο συμβάλλειν it had been decided to fight, Hdt.6.110; ἐκυρώθη ναυμαχέειν Id.8.56.    2 κ. δίκην decide it, A.Eu.581, 639.    3 c. acc. et inf., decree or ordain that... τηρηθῆναι τὸν νόμον Arist.Fr. 593.    4 of arguments or doctrines, confirm, establish, Phld.Po. Herc.1676.3; κ. ὅτι . . Id.Sign.7.