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|Definition=[ῡ], α, ον, also ος, ον A.''Supp.''732, E.''Heracl.''143, Arist.''Pol.'' 1306b20:—Thess. [[κῦρρος]] ''IG''9(2).517.20 (Larissa, iii B.C.): ([[κῦρος]]) (not in Hom.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[having]] [[power]] or [[authority]] [[over]], c. gen., Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. Pi.''I.''5(4).53, cf. ''P.''2.58; ἐμῶν τε καὶ σῶν κ. πιστωμάτων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''878; <b class="b3">πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων</b> put thee [[in possession of]]... [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1041; κύριοι πολιτείας Antipho 3.1.1; κ. καταλύσεως Th.4.20; εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου X.''HG''2.2.18; κυριώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ Th.5.53 (but <b class="b3">ὁ κυριώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ</b>, of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, ''OGI''90.39 (Rosetta, ii B.C.)); τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''929d, cf. Isoc. 19.34, etc.; <b class="b3">θανάτου κ. τινός</b> [[with power of]] life and death over, Pl. ''Criti.''120d; κ. περί τινος Arist.''Pol.''1286a24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κύριός εἰμι</b> c. inf., I [[have]] [[authority]] to do, am [[entitle]]d to do, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''104 (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν</b> (prob. for κυριῶν) E.''Supp.''1189; κ. ἀπολέσαι, σῶσαι δ' ἄκυροι And.4.9, cf. Th.5.63, 8.5; <b class="b3">κυριώτεροι δοῦναι</b> [[better]] [[able]] to [[give]], Id.4.18; οὐ… κ. οὔτε ἀνελέσθαι πόλεμον οὔτε καταλῦσαι X.''An.''5.7.27; δοῦλοι κ. μαστιγοῦν τοὺς ἐλευθέρους Ephor.29 J.; αἱ ἀρχαὶ κ. κρίνειν Arist. ''Pol.''1287b16; also <b class="b3">κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι</b> [[having power]] not to... Id.''EN''1113b32: c. acc. et inf., κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 429b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> followed by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι Is.6.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. part., πριαμένους τι ἢ πωλοῦντας κυρίους εἶναι Th.5.34; κ. ἦν πράσσων ταῦτα Id.8.51, cf. Plb.6.37.8, 18.37.10; κύριοι ἐόντω συλέοντες ''Schwyzer'' 337.13 (Delph.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> abs., [[having authority]], [[supreme]], <b class="b3">τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένεις</b>; A.''Supp.''965; κυριώτερος σέθεν E.''Ba.''505; <b class="b3">ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι]</b> Arist.''Rh.''1402a1; <b class="b3">τὸ κ.</b> the [[sovereign power]] in a state, Id.''Pol.''1281a11, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 565a, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ κ.</b> the [[supreme authorities]], D.19.259, Arist.''Rh.''1365b27; τὰ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς κ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''915; at Athens, <b class="b3">κ. ἐκκλησία</b> a [[sovereign]] or [[principal]] assembly, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''19, Arist.''Ath.''43.4, ''IG''12.42.22, al., 22.493.8, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀγορὰ κ.</b> ib.1298.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, <b class="b3">ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ]</b> Serapio in ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''1.99: but usually abs., [[authoritative]], [[decisive]], δίκαι E.''Heracl.''l.c., And.1.88, Pl.''Cri.''50b; <b class="b3">μῦθος κυριώτερος</b> of more [[authority]], E.''IA''318 (troch.); <b class="b3">κυριωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική]</b> Arist.''Pol.''1282b15; αἱ κυριώτεραι ἀρχαί Id.''Cael.''285a26, cf. ''Metaph.''997a12; [ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα Id.''EN''1143b34; <b class="b3">κυριωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις]</b> Id.''APo.''86a23; τάραχος ὁ κυριώτατος Epicur.''Ep.''1p.30U.; of [[sovereign]] remedies, κυριωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων Pl.''Sph.''230d; κυριωτάτη κένωσις Gal.1.299; [[important]], [[principal]], <b class="b3">κ. δόξαι</b>, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, Phld.''Ir.''p.86 W.; τὰ κυριώτατα μέρη τῆς φύσεως Epicur.''Sent.''9; κυριώτερα μέρη τοῦ σώματος Philostr.''Gym.''50; <b class="b3">τὰ κυριώτατα</b> the [[principal]] organs, Gal.1.385 (but, the [[most important matters]], Epicur.''Sent.''16); τὸ κυριώτατον τῆς Ἐφέσου Philostr.''VS''1.22.4: Gramm., <b class="b3">κ. τόνος</b> [[principal]] accent, D.T.''Supp.'' 674.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> opp. [[ἄκυρος]], [[valid]], [[νόμος]], [[δόγματα]], D.24.1, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 926d; <b class="b3">κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν]</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἄκυρον π.</b>, D.21.92, cf. 39.15; τὰς συνθήκας κυρίας ποιεῖν Lys.18.15; ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κ. ἔστω ''PEleph.'' 1.14 (iv B.C.); <b class="b3">ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ.</b> Lexap.D.21.94; so τὰς τῶν ἄλλων δόξας κ. ποιεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''179b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of times, etc., [[ordained]], [[appointed]], ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.50, cf. 93 (pl.); ἡ κ. τῶν ἡμερέων Id.1.48, 6.129; κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ A.''Supp.''732; τόδε κ. ἦμαρ [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''105 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">κ. μήν</b>, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, Pi.''O.''6.32; <b class="b3">ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος</b> (prob.) the [[appointed]] time, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''766 (lyr.); κ. μένει τέλος Id.''Eu.''544 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα]</b> D.21.84, cf. Test.ib.93; but <b class="b3">αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι]</b>, = [[κριτικαί]], Hp.''Aff.''9.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[legitimate]], [[lawful]], ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται A.''Eu.''127, cf. 327; <b class="b3">κύρι' ἔχοντες</b> having [[lawful power]], ib. 960 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἡ κ. ἀρετή</b> goodness [[proper]], [[real]] goodness, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]'' 1144b4; [φλοιὸς] ὁ κ. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.15.1; Rhet. and Gramm., <b class="b3">κ. ὄνομα</b> the [[real]] or [[actual]], hence [[current]], [[ordinary]], name of a thing, opp. [[μεταφορά]], [[γλῶττα]], Arist.''Rh.''1404b6, 1410b12, ''Po.''1457b3, cf. [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''21, D.L.10.13, etc.; <b class="b3">σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος</b> for lack of a [[current]] term, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''24; <b class="b3">κυριώτατα ὀνόματα</b> [[most ordinary]] terms, ib.3 (hence also <b class="b3">κ. ὄνομα</b> [[proper]], [[personal]] name, Plb.6.46.10, A.D.''Pron.'' 10.11, al., Hdn.7.5.8; [[ὄνομα]] alone in this sense, Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213); <b class="b3">κ. [λέξεις]</b> Phld.''Rh.''1.181 S.; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον</b>, opp. [[καταχρωμένη]], ib.1.59 S.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[κυρίως]], v. sub voc.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Subst. κύριος, ὁ, [[lord]], [[master]], τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων A.''Ch.''658, cf. 689, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''734, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ κ.</b> alone, [[head]] of a family, [[master]] of a house (cf. Sch.[[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''965), Antipho 2.4.7, Ar.''Pl.''6, Arist.''Pol.''1269b10; τοὺς κ. τῶν οἰκιῶν ''PTeb.''5.147 (ii B.C.); also, [[guardian]] of a woman, Is.6.32, ''PGrenf.''2.15 i 13 (ii B.C.), etc.: generally, [[guardian]], [[trustee]], Is. 2.10, D.43.15, 46.19, Men.''Epit.''89, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> later [[κύριε]], as a form of respectful address, [[sir]], Ev.Jo.12.21, 20.15, ''Act.Ap.''16.30 (pl.), ''PFay.'' 106.15 (ii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> fem. [[κυρία]], ἡ, [[mistress]], [[lady of the house]], Philem.223, [[LXX]] ''Is.''24.2, etc.; κ. τῆς οἰκίας Men.403: in voc., [[madam]], D.C.48.44; applied to women from fourteen years upwards, Epict. ''Ench.''40. (In later Gr. freq. written κύρα, ''PGrenf.''1.61.4 (vi A.D.), etc.)<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[epithet]] of [[Ἶσις]], ''OGI''180 (Egypt, i B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of gods, especially in the East, Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός ''PTeb.''284.6 (i B.C.); Κρόνος κ. ''CIG''4521 (Abila, i A.D.); Ζεὺς κ. ''Supp.Epigr.''2.830 (Damascus, iii A.D.); κ. Σάραπις ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''110.2 (ii A.D); ἡ κ. Ἄρτεμις ''IG'' 4.1124 (Tibur, ii A.D.); of deified rulers, τοῦ κ. βασιλέος θεοῦ ''OGI''86.8 (Egypt, i B.C.); <b class="b3">οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι</b>, of Ptolemy XIV and Cleopatra, ''Berl.Sitzb.''1902.1096: hence, of rulers in general, βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης κ. ''OGI''415 (Judaea, i B.C.); of Roman Emperors, ''BGU''1200.11 (Augustus), ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''37 i 6 (Claudius), etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> ὁ [[Κύριος]] = Hebr. [[Yahweh]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''11.5, al.; of Christ, ''1 Ep.Cor.''12.3, etc.