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

A.confirm, ratify, “δόμοις . . τήνδ᾽ ἐκύρωσας φάτιν” A.Pers.227 (troch.); τῇδ᾽ ἐκύρωσεν φάτις ib.521; ταῦτα Hdt.l.c.; “τὸν γάμον” Id.6.126; “ἡ ἐκκλησία κυρώσασα ταῦτα διελύθη” Th.8.69; “Ζεῦ, ταῦτα κυρώσειας” Ar.Th.369 (lyr.); “μοῖραν” Pl.R. 620e; “τὴν γνώμην” Plb.1.11.1; “τὰς διαλύσεις” Id.1.17.1:—Med., accomplish one's end, “λόγῳ κυροῦται τὰ πάντα” Pl.Grg.451c, cf. d:—Pass., to be ratified, determined, “ἐκεκύρωτο ὁ γάμος Κλεισθένεϊ” Hdt.6.130; “οὐδὲ κυρωθῆναι ἔμενον τὸ πρῆγμα” Id.8.56, cf. Th.4.125; τοὺς κυρωθέντας [τῶν νόμων] And.1.85, cf. D.20.93; “τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ κυρωθὲν περὶ τούτων” IG7.303.45 (Orop.); “κυρωθέντος τοῦ δόγματος” Plb.1.11.3; of a contract, to be sanctioned, PPetr.2p.44 (iii B.C.); in auctions, to be knocked down, BGU992i9 (ii B.C.); ὁ κυρωθείς the highest bidder, to whom an object is knocked down, PRev.Laws 48.17 (iii B.C.): generally, ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος; at what point hath the end been fixed or determined? A.Supp.603, cf. Ch.874, E.Hipp.746 (v.l.); πρὶν κεκυρῶσθαι σφαγάς before it has been accomplished, Id.El.1069: c. inf., ἐκεκύρωτο συμβάλλειν it had been decided to fight, Hdt.6.110; “ἐκυρώθη ναυμαχέειν” Id.8.56.

2. κ. δίκην decide it, A.Eu.581, 639.

3. c. acc. et inf., decree or ordain that . . , “τηρηθῆναι τὸν νόμον” Arist.Fr. 593.

4. of arguments or doctrines, confirm, establish, Phld.Po. Herc.1676.3; κ. ὅτι . . Id.Sign.7.