ἄκυρος

akyros

without authority

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 10 777a32–778a12

778a1
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 2 698b8–699a11

698b8
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκυρος, ον, A. without authority, opp. κύριος, hence, I. of laws, sentences, etc., invalid, unratified, obsolete, ψήφισμα And. 1.8; δίκη Pl. Lg. 954e; συνθῆκαι Lys. 18.15; ἄκυρον ποιεῖν, καταστῆσαι set aside, Pl. Prt. 356d, Is. 1.21, etc.; νόμοις ἀ. χρωμένη not enforcing the laws, Th. 3.37. Adv. -ως Simp. in Ph. 168.10. II. of persons, having no right or 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. 2. of things, ἀκυροτέρα κρίσις less trust-worthy decision, Pl. Tht. 178d; ἄ. ἀμφορεύς voting urn into which neutral votes were thrown, Sch.Ar. Eq. 1150, Poll. 8.123; τὰ ἀκυρότερα less important parts of nature, Arist. GA 778a1; of bodily members, unimportant, ἄ. μόριον Gal. 16.540, cf. 18(1).33 (Comp.); impotent, Arist. GA 772b28. III. of words and phrases, used in improper sense, Cic. Fam. 16.17.1 (Comp.), Phlp. in Ph. 717.12. Adv. -ρως Str. 12.3.23, Phld. Rh. 1.161 S., Hermog. Meth. 3, cf. Dam. Pr. 7, 306.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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