A.like a lord or master, with full authority, “τὰς πόλεις κ. παρείληφεν” Isoc.4.137; “κ. ζημιοῦν” Arist.Ath.3.6, SIG1004.11 (Oropus, iv B.C.).
II. surely, by fixed decree, A.Ch.785 (lyr.).
2. regularly, lawfully, κ. ἔχειν to be fixed, hold good, Id.Ag.178 (lyr.), Is.7.26; “κ. γίγνεσθαι” Pl.Lg.925c; κ. αἰτεῖσθαι, suo jure, S.Ph.63; “δόντος τοῦ πατρός” D.36.32.
III. precisely, exactly, “διόψεσθαι τὸ ἀληθές” Pl.Prm.136c.
IV. properly, “πρώτως καὶ κ.” Arist.EN1157a31; τὸ κ. [ἓν καὶ εἶναι] Id.de An.412b9; esp. of words, in the proper sense, opp. μεταφορᾷ or “κατὰ μεταφοράν, κ. κατά τινος κατηγορεῖσθαι” Id.Top.123a35, cf. 139b36; “κ. λέγεσθαι” Id.Metaph.1015a14, cf. Str. 3.5.5, Phld.Po.5.19, etc.; “ἡ λέξις αὕτη τοῦτο σημαίνει κ.” Plb.2.22.1; properly speaking, D.T.632.23: Comp. -ώτερον“, λέγεσθαι” Arist.EN 1098a6: Sup. -ώτατα“, λέγεσθαι” Id.Cat.14a27.
V. in a special (i.e. exceptional) sense, Olymp.in Mete.306.29.