κῦρος: Difference between revisions

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