κύριος

κύριος [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.): I. 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 A. Ag. 878; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee in possession of . . , S. OC 1041; κύριοι πολιτείας Antipho 3.1.1; κ. καταλύσεως Th. 4.20; εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου X. HG 2.2.18; -ώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ Th. 5.53 (but ὁ -ώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, OGI 90.39 (Rosetta, ii B.C.)); τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. Pl. Lg. 929d, cf. Isoc. 19.34, etc.; θανάτου κ. τινός with power of life and death over, Pl. Criti. 120d; κ. περί τινος Arist. Pol. 1286a24. 2. κύριός εἰμι c. inf., I have authority to do, am entitled to do, A. Ag. 104 (lyr.); οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (prob. for -ῶν) E. Supp. 1189; κ. ἀπολέσαι, σῶσαι δʼ ἄκυροι And. 4.9, cf. Th. 5.63, 8.5; -ώτεροι δοῦναι 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 κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι having power not to . . , Id. EN 1113b32: c. acc. et inf., κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν Pl. R. 429b. 3. folld. by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι Is. 6.4. 4. 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.). 5. abs., having authority, supreme, τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένεις; A. Supp. 965; -ώτερος σέθεν E. Ba. 505; ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι] Arist. Rh. 1402a1; τὸ κ. the sovereign power in a state, Id. Pol. 1281a11, cf. Pl. R. 565a, etc.; τὰ κ. the supreme authorities, D. 19.259, Arist. Rh. 1365b27; τὰ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς κ. S. OC 915; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a sovereign or principal assembly, Ar. Ach. 19, Arist. Ath. 43.4, IG 12.42.22, al., 22.493.8, etc.; ἀγορὰ κ. ib.1298.7. II. of things, ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99: but usu. abs., authoritative, decisive, δίκαι E. Heracl.l.c., And. 1.88, Pl. Cri. 50b; μῦθος -ώτερος of more authority, E. IA 318 (troch.); -ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] Arist. Pol. 1282b15; αἱ -ώτεραι ἀρχαί Id. Cael. 285a26, cf. Metaph. 997a12; [ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα Id. EN 1143b34; -ωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις] Id. APo. 86a23; τάραχος ὁ -ώτατος Epicur. Ep. 1p.30U.; of sovereign remedies, -ωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων Pl. Sph. 230d; -ωτάτη κένωσις Gal. 1.299; important, principal, κ. δόξαι, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, Phld. Ir.p.86 W.; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη τῆς φύσεως Epicur. Sent. 9; -ώτερα μέρη τοῦ σώματος Philostr. Gym. 50; τὰ -ώτατα the principal organs, Gal. 1.385 (but, the most important matters, Epicur. Sent. 16); τὸ -ώτατον τῆς Ἐφέσου Philostr. VS 1.22.4: Gramm., κ. τόνος principal accent, D.T. Supp. 674.32. 2. opp. ἄκυρος, valid, νόμος, δόγματα, D. 24.1, Pl. Lg. 926d; κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν], opp. ἄκυρον π., D. 21.92, cf. 39.15; τὰς συνθήκας κυρίας ποιεῖν Lys. 18.15; ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κ. ἔστω PEleph. 1.14 (iv B.C.); ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ. Lex ap.D. 21.94; so τὰς τῶν ἄλλων δόξας κ. ποιεῖν Pl. Tht. 179b. 3. of times, etc., ordained, appointed, ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη Hdt. 5.50, cf. 93 (pl.); ἡ κ. τῶν ἡμερέων Id. 1.48, 6.129; κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ A. Supp. 732; τόδε κ. ἦμαρ E. Alc. 105 (lyr.), etc.; κ. μήν, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, Pi. O. 6.32; ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος (prob.) the appointed time, A. Ag. 766 (lyr.); κ. μένει τέλος Id. Eu. 544 (lyr.); ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα] D. 21.84, cf. Test.ib.93; but αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι], = κριτικαί, Hp. Aff. 9. 4. legitimate, lawful, ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται A. Eu. 127, cf. 327; κύριʼ ἔχοντες having lawful power, ib. 960 (lyr.). 5. ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness proper, real goodness, Arist. EN 1144b4; [φλοιὸς] ὁ κ. Thphr. HP 4.15.1; Rhet. and Gramm., κ. ὄνομα the real or actual, hence current, ordinary, name of a thing, opp. μεταφορά, γλῶττα, Arist. Rh. 1404b6, 1410b12, Po. 1457b3, cf. D.H. Comp. 21, D.L. 10.13, etc.; σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος for lack of a current term, D.H. Comp. 24; -ώτατα ὀνόματα most ordinary terms, ib.3 (hence also κ. ὄνομα 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); κ. [λέξεις] Phld. Rh. 1.181 S.; κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον, opp. καταχρωμένη, ib.1.59 S. III. Adv. κυρίως, v. sub voc. B. Subst. κύριος, ὁ, lord, master, τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων A. Ch. 658, cf. 689, S. Aj. 734, etc.; ὁ κ. alone, head of a family, master of a house (cf. Sch.Ar. 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. b. 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. 2. fem. κυρία, ἡ, mistress, lady of the house, Philem. 223, LXXIs. 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.) b. epith. of Ἶσις, OGI 180 (Egypt, i B.C.), etc. 3. of gods, esp. 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 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.); οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι, 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), POxy. 37 i 6 (Claudius), etc. 4. ὁ Κύριος, = Hebr. Yahweh, LXX Ge. 11.5, al.; of Christ, 1 Ep.Cor. 12.3, etc.