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.OC1041; “κύριοι πολιτείας” Antipho 3.1.1; “κ. καταλύσεως” Th.4.20; “εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου” X.HG2.2.18; -“ώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ” Th.5.53 (but ὁ -ώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, OGI90.39 (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 δ᾽ 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.EN1113b32: c. acc. et inf., “κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν” Pl.R. 429b.
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.OC915; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a sovereign or principal assembly, Ar.Ach.19, Arist.Ath.43.4, IG12.42.22, 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.IA318 (troch.); -ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] Arist.Pol.1282b15; “αἱ -ώτεραι ἀρχαί” Id.Cael.285a26, cf. Metaph.997a12; [“ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα” Id.EN1143b34; -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.VS1.22.4: 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. Lexap.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; κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες having lawful power, ib. 960 (lyr.).
5. ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness proper, real goodness, Arist.EN 1144b4; [“φλοιὸς] ὁ κ.” Thphr.HP4.15.1; 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, OGI180 (Egypt, i B.C.), etc.
3. of gods, esp. in the East, “Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός” PTeb.284.6 (i B.C.); “Κρόνος κ.” CIG4521 (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” OGI86.8 (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.” OGI415 (Judaea, i B.C.); of Roman Emperors, BGU1200.11 (Augustus), POxy.37 i 6 (Claudius), etc.
