Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.authority, power, Arist.Mir.837a5, etc.; possession, control, “οἴνου” Plb.6.11A.4; “ταμιείου” Id.6.13.1; “τοῦ ἐπαποστεῖλαι στρατηγόν” Id.6.15.6; “κυρίαν ἔχειν περί τινος” Id.6.14.10.—The form κυρεία is freq. found in Pap. and Inscrr. from i B.C., as BGU1123.6 (i B.C.), PAmh.2.95i6(ii A.D.), and codd., as Plb.6.11A.4, LXX Da.11.5, Thd. Da.4.19, 6.26(7), Ph.2.52 (v.l.), Ath.10.440f(v.l.), EM427.9, and is required by metre in Man.4.606: contr. from κυριεία (q.v.).

II. fem. of κύριος (q.v.).