κυρέω

κῠρέω, A.Pr.332, S.Tr.386: [tense] impf. ἐκύρουν [ῠ] Id.El.1331: [tense] fut.

A

κῠρήσω A.Ch.707

, Hdt.1.112: [tense] aor.

ἐκύρησα Hes.Op.755

, Archil.18, Hom.Epigr.6.6, Hdt.1.31, E.Hec.215 (lyr.): [tense] pf.

κεκύρηκα Pl.Alc. 2.141b

:—also [full] κύρω [pron. full] [ῡ], Parm.8.49, A.R.2.363, AP9.710, etc.: [tense] impf.

ἔκῡρον S.OC1159

; [dialect] Ep.

κῦρον Il.23.821

, h.Cer.189, h.Ven.174: [tense] fut.

κύρσω Democr.243

, S.OC225 (lyr.): [tense] aor. ἔκυρσα, part.

κύρσας Il.3.23

, Hes.Sc.426, Op.691, E.Med.1363:—[voice] Med., κύρομαι [ῡ] in act. sense, Il.24.530:—poet. Verb, of which the two forms are used as required by the metre, and some tenses occur in [dialect] Ion. and (rarely) in other Prose:

I folld. by a case, hit, light upon,

1 c. dat., meet with, fall in with,

ἄλλοτε μὲν . . κακῷ . . κύρεται ἄλλοτε δ' ἐσθλῷ Il.24.530

;

πήματι κύρσαι Hes.Op.691

; λέων ὣς σώματι κύρσας Id.Sc. l.c.; ἅρματι κύρσας having struck against it, Il.23.428; μέγα δένδρεον αἰθέρι κῦρον reaching to . . , Call.Cer.38, cf. A.R.2.363, 4.945, AP9.710; so

ἐν πείρασι κ. Parm.8.49

.

b of things, κυρεῖν τινι befall or be granted to him, S.OC1290, Tr. 291, E.Hec.215 (lyr.); also εἰς ὅ τι κύρει ἕκαστα 'which way the wind blows', Timo48.5.

2 c. gen., hit the mark,

ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ A.Ag.628

; reach to or as far as,

μελάθρου κῦρε κάρη h.Cer.189

; meet with, find,

αἰδοίων βροτῶν κυρῆσαι Hom.Epigr.6.6

;

πικροῦ δ' ἔκυρσας . . μνηστῆρος A.Pr.739

;

Ἰαόνων ναυβατᾶν κύρσαντες Id.Pers.1012

(lyr.); αἰθερίας νεφέλας κύρσαιμι would I could reach . . , S.OC1082 (lyr.).

b attain to, obtain,

γάμων Archil.18

;

τέκνων κ. Hdt.1.31

; καθαρσίου ib.35 (v.l.); βασιληΐης ταφῆς ib.112;

δίκης Id.9.116

;

ἀτιμίης πρός τινων Id.7.158

;

κυρήσει νοστίμου σωτηρίας A. Pers.797

; στυγερᾶς μοίρας τῆσδε κυρήσας ib.910 (anap.);

κυροῦντα τῶν ἐπαξίων Id.Pr.70

;

βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι S.OT1514

;

δυσπότμων γάμων κυρήσας Id.Ant.870

(lyr.);

μητρὸς ὡς κακῆς ἐκύρσατε E.Med. 1363

, cf. Ion 1105 (lyr.);

ἀμοιβῆς ἔκ τινος κυρεῖν Id.Med.23

, cf. Supp. 1170;

ἀγαθῶν Pl.Alc.2.141b

, Herod.3.57;

ληΐης Id.2.45

;

τόσσων ἐκύρησεν ὅσ' οὐ πευσεῖσθε βέβαλοι Theoc.3.51

.

3 less freq. c. acc., reach, find, τί νῦν . . κυρῶ; A.Ch.214;

βίον εὖ κυρήσας Id.Th.699

(lyr.);

ἐπ' ἀκταῖς νιν κυρῶ E.Hec.698

; τέρμονα κύρειν dub. cj. in Id.Hipp. 746 (lyr.), cf. Opp.H.1.34.

b obtain,

κυρούντων τὰ πρόσφορα A.Ch. 714

.

II abs., happen, come to pass, τί ποτ' αὐτίκα κύρσει; S.OC225 (lyr.); καλῶς, εὖ κυρεῖ turns out well, A.Th.23, S.El.799; of a person, Ἀτρείδην εἰδέναι κυροῦνθ' ὅπως how he fares, A.Ag.1371; also ἕτερα ἀφ' ἑτέρων κακὰ κυρεῖ follow, E.Hec.690 (lyr.);

ἄλλα δ' ἐξ ἄλλων κ. Id.IT 865

(lyr.).

2 to be right, hit the mark, γνώμῃ κυρήσας by intelligence, S.OT398: c. part., τόδ' ἂν λέγων κυρήσαις in saying, A.Supp. 589 (lyr.); ἐπεικάζων κυρῶ; S.El.663.

b to be successful, prosper, Democr.243.

3 as auxil. Verb, c. part., turn out, prove to be so and so,

σεσωσμένος κυρεῖ A.Pers.503

, cf. Ag.1201; ποῦ ποτ' ὢν κυρεῖς; S.Ph.805;

θύων ἔκυρον Id.OC1159

;

ἐχθρὸς ὢν κυρεῖ E.Alc. 954

;

εἰ κυρεῖ τις πέλας . . οἶκτον ἀΐων A.Supp.58

(lyr.): with part. omitted, acting merely as the copula,

ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖς Id.Pr.332

, cf. Pers.598; ποῦ γῆς κυρεῖ; S.Aj.984;

φονέα σε φημὶ . . κυρεῖν Id.OT 362

;

ἐν κακῷ τῳ φαίνῃ κυρῶν Id.Ph.741

;

ἐν πύλαισι . . κυρεῖ E.Ph. 1067

;

ἔνθα πημάτων κυρῶ Id.Tr.685

.

4 κ. πρός . . refer to,

οὔτ' εἶπον οὐδὲν πρός <σε> κῦρον Trag.Adesp.226

;

τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα Plb. 12.15.9

.