κυριεύω
kyrieuo
to be lord
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κυριεύω, A. to be lord or master of, πάντων Mem. 2.6.22, cf. EN 1160b35; τῆς Ἀσίας Mem. 3.5.11; μυρίων γῆς πήχεων 1099, cf. PEleph. 14.14 (iii B.C.), etc.; τῶν γενημάτων PTeb. 105.47 (ii B.C.); τῆς θαλάττης 5; ὧν ἁ πόλις . . κυριεύει IG 5(2).510.4 (, ii B.C.); κυριεύειν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀνδρός 1.27; σανίδων Mort. 24; νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων Ep.Rom. 14.9; κρατεῖν καὶ κ. PStrassb. 14.22 (iii A.D.); gain possession of, seize, ζωγρίᾳ τινῶν 1.7.11, al., cf. Bel. 80.41: later c. acc., τὰ σώματα καὶ τὴν βοῦν κ. PGrenf. 1.21.13 (ii B.C.); τοῦ κυριεύοντος τὴν ὅλην οἰκουμένην PMag.Lond. 121.838: abs., to be dominant, 2.244:—Pass., to be dominated, possessed, ὑπό τινος Mir. 838a10. b. Astrol., of planets, κ. τοῦ σχήματος Tetr. 169, cf. 63.23:—Pass., οἱ -όμενοι τόποι Tetr. 112. 2. to have legal power to do, c. inf., Lex ap. 1.35. II. ὁ κυριεύων (sc. λόγος, wh. is expressed in Epict. 2.19.1), a logical puzzle, 2.615a, Vit.Auct. 22, etc., cf. Stoic. 2.93.
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