ἄκυρος: Difference between revisions

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