κυριεύω
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money
English (LSJ)
A to be lord or master of, πάντων X.Mem.2.6.22, cf. Arist.EN1160b35; τῆς Ἀσίας X.Mem.3.5.11; μυρίων γῆς πήχεων Men.1099, cf. PEleph. 14.14 (iii B.C.), etc.; τῶν γενημάτων PTeb.105.47 (ii B.C.); τῆς θαλάττης Agatharch.5; ὧν ἁ πόλις . . κυριεύει IG5(2).510.4 (Arc., ii B.C.); κυριεύειν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀνδρός D.S.1.27; σανίδων Phld.Mort.24; νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων Ep.Rom.14.9; κρατεῖν καὶ κ. PStrassb.14.22 (iii A.D.); gain possession of, seize, ζωγρίᾳ τινῶν Plb.1.7.11, al., cf. Ph.Bel.80.41: later c. acc., τὰ σώματα καὶ τὴν βοῦν κ. PGrenf.1.21.13 (ii B.C.); τοῦ κυριεύοντος τὴν ὅλην οἰκουμένην PMag.Lond.121.838: abs., to be dominant, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.244:—Pass., to be dominated, possessed, ὑπό τινος Arist.Mir.838a10. b Astrol., of planets, κ. τοῦ σχήματος Ptol.Tetr.169, cf. Vett.Val.63.23:—Pass., οἱ -όμενοι τόποι Ptol. Tetr.112. 2 to have legal power to do, c. inf., Lex ap.Aeschin. 1.35. II ὁ κυριεύων (sc. λόγος, wh. is expressed in Arr.Epict.2.19.1), a logical puzzle, Plu.2.615a, Luc.Vit.Auct.22, etc., cf. Stoic. 2.93.
