ἄκυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[without authority]], opp. [[κύριος]], hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of laws, sentences, etc., [[invalid]], [[unratified]], [[obsolete]], ψήφισμα <span class="bibl">And.1.8</span>; δίκη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>954e</span>; συνθῆκαι <span class="bibl">Lys.18.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκυρον ποιεῖν, καταστῆσαι</b> set [[aside]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356d</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.1.21</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">νόμοις ἀ. χρωμένη</b> [[not enforcing]] the laws, <span class="bibl">Th.3.37</span>. Adv. -ως <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Ph.</span>168.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[having no right]] or [[power]], ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.3.24</span>; καθιστάναι <span class="bibl">Lys. 9.19</span>; [[τινός]] [[over]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169e</span>; ἄ. πάντων . . γενήσεσθε <span class="bibl">D.19.2</span> : c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>929e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b3">ἀκυροτέρα κρίσις</b> <b class="b2">less trust-worthy</b> decision, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>178d</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἀμφορεύς</b> voting urn [[into which neutral votes were thrown]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1150</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.8.123</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀκυρότερα</b> [[less important]] parts of nature, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">GA</span>778a1</span>; of bodily members, [[unimportant]], ἄ. μόριον Gal.16.540, cf. 18(1).33 (Comp.); [[impotent]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>772b28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of words and phrases, [[used in improper sense]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Fam.</span>16.17.1</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Phlp. <span class="title">in Ph.</span>717.12</span>. Adv. -ρως <span class="bibl">Str.12.3.23</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.161 S., <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Meth.</span>3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">306</span>.</span>