κυριεύω — to lord over · Greek word G2961

κυριεύωkurieuō

to lord over

Greek · G2961 · 51 occurrences · 49 references

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κυριεύω
(κύριος), [in LXX chiefly for מָשַׁל ;]
to be lord or master of, to rule (over): C. genitive obj., Luk.22:25, Rom.14:9, 2Co.1:24; absol., 1Ti.6:15; metaphorically, ὁ θάνατος, Rom.6:9; ἡ ἁμαρτία, Rom.6:14; ὁ νόμος, Rom.7:1 (cf. κατα-κυριεύω).†
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κυριεύω,

A to be lord or master of, πάντων X. Mem. 2.6.22, cf. Arist. EN 1160b35; τῆς Ἀσίας X. Mem. 3.5.11; μυρίων γῆς πήχεων Men. 1099, cf. PEleph. 14.14 (iii B.C.), etc.; τῶν γενημάτων PTeb. 105.47 (ii B.C.); τῆς θαλάττης Agatharch. 5; ὧν ἁ πόλις.. κυριεύει IG 5(2).510.4 ( Arc., ii B.C.); κυριεύειν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀνδρός D.S. 1.27; σανίδων Phld. Mort. 24; νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων Ep.Rom. 14.9; κρατεῖν καὶ κ. PStrassb. 14.22 (iii A.D.); gain possession of, seize, ζωγρίᾳ τινῶν Plb. 1.7.11, al., cf. Ph. Bel. 80.41: later c. acc., τὰ σώματα καὶ τὴν βοῦν κ. PGrenf. 1.21.13 (ii B.C.); τοῦ κυριεύοντος τὴν ὅλην οἰκουμένην PMag.Lond. 121.838: abs., to be dominant, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.244:— Pass., to be dominated, possessed, ὑπό τινος Arist. Mir. 838a10.

b Astrol., of planets, κ. τοῦ σχήματος Ptol. Tetr. 169, cf. Vett.Val. 63.23:— Pass., οἱ -όμενοι τόποι Ptol. Tetr. 112.

2 to have legal power to do, c. inf., Lex ap. Aeschin. 1.35.

II ὁ κυριεύω<> (sc. λόγος, wh. is expressed in Arr. Epict. 2.19.1 ), a logical puzzle, Plu. 2.615a, Luc. Vit.Auct. 22, etc., cf. Stoic. 2.93.

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