Greek

Proper noun

Κύριος • ‎(Kýrios) m

1. (Christianity) Lord (Jesus Christ, God)

Declension

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κῡ́ρις ‎(kū́ris) (later Greek)
• κῦρις ‎(kûris) (later Greek)
• κῦρρος ‎(kûrrhos) (Thessalian)

Adjective

κύριος • ‎(kúrios) m ‎(feminine κῡρία, neuter κῡ́ριον); first/second declension

1. (of people): ruling, governing, having power
2. (of things): decisive, critical, authorized, valid, legal, entitled
3. (of times): fixed, set, appointed
4. (of language): literal
5. main, major, primary, principal

Inflection

Noun

κῡ́ριος • ‎(kū́rios) m ‎(genitive κῡρίου); second declension

1. lord, master, guardian, ruler, owner
2. sir
3. Greek translation of יהוה in LXX

Inflection

References

• κύριος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύριος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «κύριος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• κύριος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2962”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • absolute idem, page 4.
  • all-powerful idem, page 23.
  • almighty idem, page 25.
  • appoint idem, page 36.
  • arbiter idem, page 38.
  • authorised idem, page 53.
  • authoritative idem, page 53.
  • authority idem, page 53.
  • binding idem, page 79.
  • cardinal idem, page 113.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • competent idem, page 151.
  • decisive idem, page 201.
  • dominant idem, page 247.
  • effective idem, page 262.
  • entitle idem, page 278.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • foremost idem, page 336.
  • fundamental idem, page 349.
  • guardian idem, page 377.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • imperative idem, page 420.
  • imperious idem, page 420.
  • influence idem, page 439.
  • influential idem, page 439.
  • king idem, page 469.
  • leading idem, page 482.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • main idem, page 508.
  • master idem, page 516.
  • official idem, page 571.
  • paramount idem, page 592.
  • plenary idem, page 620.
  • possessed idem, page 628.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • principal idem, page 641.
  • ruler idem, page 726.
  • ruling idem, page 726.
  • sovereign idem, page 797.
  • staple idem, page 811.
  • supreme idem, page 842.
  • suzerain idem, page 846.
  • unabolished idem, page 906.
  • unalterable idem, page 906.
  • unrepealed idem, page 929.
  • valid idem, page 943.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύριος ‎(kúrios).

Noun

κύριος • ‎(kýrios) m ‎(plural κύριοι)

1. mister (title conferred on an adult male)
2. master (someone who has control over something or someone)
3. sir (an address to any male)

Declension

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) κ. ‎(k.)
• (abbreviation) κος ‎(kos)

Related terms

• Κύριος m ‎(Kýrios, “Lord”) (Christianity)
• κυρία f ‎(kyría, “madam”)
• Κυριακή f ‎(Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
• σαββατοκύριακο n ‎(savvatokýriako, “weekend”)

See also

• δεσποινίς f ‎(despoinís, “miss”)

Adjective

κύριος • ‎(kýrios) m ‎(feminine κύρια, neuter κύριο)

1. main, principal, most important

Declension

Derived terms

• κύρια σελίδα f ‎(kýria selída, “home page”)
• κυρίως ‎(kyríos, “mainly”)