κῦρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[supreme power]], [[authority]], κ. ἔχειν ἀμφί τινος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 391</span>; τῶν πρηγμάτων τὸ κ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; ἅπαν τὸ κ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Th.5.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>450e</span>, al.; κ. ἔχειν περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>435c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ. τῆς ἐνεργείας</b> [[principle]] or [[origin]] of a function, Gal.10.459. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> concrete, [[one invested with authority]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>70c</span>c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[confirmation]], [[validity]], <b class="b3">ἔχειν κ</b>., = [[κεκυρῶσθαι]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1779</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2110.12</span> (iv A.D.), etc.; ἡ νῦν… ὑπάρξει κ. ἡμέρα καλῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>919</span>; <b class="b3">κ. λαβεῖν</b>, of a law, to [[be ratified]], <span class="bibl">D.C.38.17</span>, al.:—[[κῦρος]] and all derivs. are post-Hom. (Cf. Skt. [[śūas]] 'valiant', OIr. [[caur]] 'hero', Welsh [[cawr]] 'giant'.)</span>