ἐπικυρέω

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οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant

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German (Pape)

[Seite 955] (s. κυρέω), begegnen, zufällig auf Einen treffen; in tmesi, Hes. O. 753 ἱεροῖσιν ἐπ' αἰθομένοισι κυρήσας, wie μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας Il. 3, 23; τινί, μὴ φθονεραῖς ἐκ θεῶν μετατροπίαις ἐπικύρσαιεν Pind. P. 10, 21, wie ἐπικύρσαις ἀφθόνων ἀστῶν, ἐν ἱμερταῖς ἀοιδαῖς, sc. ὕμνῳ, Ol. 6, 7; theilhaftig werden. auch c. gen., βιοτᾶς Aesch. Pers. 839; vgl. Ap. Rh. 3, 342. Bei Her. 1, 35 v. l. für das simplex.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
obtenir, jouir de, gén..
Étymologie: ἐπί, κυρέω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπικῠρέω: (aor. ἐπέκυρσα)
1 досл. (случайно) встречаться, перен. наталкиваться (τινι Hom., Hes. - in tmesi, Pind.);
2 получать, обретать, пользоваться (ἀγαθᾶς τε πολισσονόμου βιοτᾶς Aesch.).