κυρέω

κυρέω, A. Pr. 332, S. Tr. 386: impf. ἐκύρουν [ῠ] Id. El. 1331: fut. κῠρήσω A. Ch. 707, Hdt. 1.112: aor. ἐκύρησα Hes. Op. 755, Archil. 18, Hom. Epigr. 6.6, Hdt. 1.31, E. Hec. 215 (lyr.): pf. κεκύρηκα Pl. Alc. 2.141b:—also κύρω [ῡ], Parm. 8.49, A.R. 2.363, AP 9.710, etc.: impf. ἔκῡρον S. OC 1159; Ep. κῦρον Il. 23.821, h.Cer. 189, h.Ven. 174: fut. κύρσω Democr. 243, S. OC 225 (lyr.): aor. ἔκυρσα, part. κύρσας Il. 3.23, Hes. Sc. 426, Op. 691, E. Med. 1363:—Med., κύρομαι [ῡ] in act. sense, Il. 24.530:—A. poet. Verb, of which the two forms are used as required by the metre, and some tenses occur in Ion. and (rarely) in other Prose: I. folld. by a case, hit, light upon, 1. c. dat., meet with, fall in with, ἄλλοτε μὲν . . κακῷ . . κύρεται ἄλλοτε δʼ ἐσθλῷ Il. 24.530; πήματι κύρσαι Hes. Op. 691; λέων ὣς σώματι κύρσας Id.Sc. l.c.; ἅρματι κύρσας having struck against it, Il. 23.428; μέγα δένδρεον αἰθέρι κῦρον reaching to . . , Call. Cer. 38, cf. A.R. 2.363, 4.945, AP 9.710; so ἐν πείρασι κ. Parm. 8.49. b. of things, κυρεῖν τινι befall or be granted to him, S. OC 1290, Tr. 291, E. Hec. 215 (lyr.); also εἰς ὅ τι κύρει ἕκαστα ‘which way the wind blows’, Timo48.5. 2. c. gen., hit the mark, ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ A. Ag. 628; reach to or as far as, μελάθρου κῦρε κάρη h.Cer. 189; meet with, find, αἰδοίων βροτῶν κυρῆσαι Hom. Epigr. 6.6; πικροῦ δʼ ἔκυρσας . . μνηστῆρος A. Pr. 739; Ἰαόνων ναυβατᾶν κύρσαντες Id. Pers. 1012 (lyr.); αἰθερίας νεφέλας κύρσαιμι would I could reach . . , S. OC 1082 (lyr.). b. attain to, obtain, γάμων Archil. 18; τέκνων κ. Hdt. 1.31; καθαρσίου ib.35 (v.l.); βασιληΐης ταφῆς ib.112; δίκης Id. 9.116; ἀτιμίης πρός τινων Id. 7.158; κυρήσει νοστίμου σωτηρίας A. Pers. 797; στυγερᾶς μοίρας τῆσδε κυρήσας ib.910 (anap.); κυροῦντα τῶν ἐπαξίων Id. Pr. 70; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι S. OT 1514; δυσπότμων γάμων κυρήσας Id. Ant. 870 (lyr.); μητρὸς ὡς κακῆς ἐκύρσατε E. Med. 1363, cf. Ion 1105 (lyr.); ἀμοιβῆς ἔκ τινος κυρεῖν Id. Med. 23, cf. Supp. 1170; ἀγαθῶν Pl. Alc. 2.141b, Herod. 3.57; ληΐης Id. 2.45; τόσσων ἐκύρησεν ὅσʼ οὐ πευσεῖσθε βέβαλοι Theoc. 3.51. 3. less freq. c. acc., reach, find, τί νῦν . . κυρῶ; A. Ch. 214; βίον εὖ κυρήσας Id. Th. 699 (lyr.); ἐπʼ ἀκταῖς νιν κυρῶ E. Hec. 698; τέρμονα κύρειν dub. cj. in Id. Hipp. 746 (lyr.), cf. Opp. H. 1.34. b. obtain, κυρούντων τὰ πρόσφορα A. Ch. 714. II. abs., happen, come to pass, τί ποτʼ αὐτίκα κύρσει; S. OC 225 (lyr.); καλῶς, εὖ κυρεῖ turns out well, A. Th. 23, S. El. 799; of a person, Ἀτρείδην εἰδέναι κυροῦνθʼ ὅπως how he fares, A. Ag. 1371; also ἕτερα ἀφʼ ἑτέρων κακὰ κυρεῖ follow, E. Hec. 690 (lyr.); ἄλλα δʼ ἐξ ἄλλων κ. Id. IT 865 (lyr.). 2. to be right, hit the mark, γνώμῃ κυρήσας by intelligence, S. OT 398: c. part., τόδʼ ἂν λέγων κυρήσαις in saying, A. Supp. 589 (lyr.); ἐπεικάζων κυρῶ; S. El. 663. b. to be successful, prosper, Democr. 243. 3. as auxil. Verb, c. part., turn out, prove to be so and so, σεσωσμένος κυρεῖ A. Pers. 503, cf. Ag. 1201; ποῦ ποτʼ ὢν κυρεῖς; S. Ph. 805; θύων ἔκυρον Id. OC 1159; ἐχθρὸς ὢν κυρεῖ E. Alc. 954; εἰ κυρεῖ τις πέλας . . οἶκτον ἀΐων A. Supp. 58 (lyr.): with part. omitted, acting merely as the copula, ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖς Id. Pr. 332, cf. Pers. 598; ποῦ γῆς κυρεῖ; S. Aj. 984; φονέα σε φημὶ . . κυρεῖν Id. OT 362; ἐν κακῷ τῳ φαίνῃ κυρῶν Id. Ph. 741; ἐν πύλαισι . . κυρεῖ E. Ph. 1067; ἔνθα πημάτων κυρῶ Id. Tr. 685. 4. κ. πρός . . refer to, οὔτʼ εἶπον οὐδὲν πρός <σε> κῦρον Trag.Adesp. 226; τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα Plb. 12.15.9.