κῦρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kūrós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-ró-s, from *ḱewh₁- (to swell, be strong),[1] the same root of κυέω (kuéō, to be pregnant), κῦμα (kûma, wave), Sanskrit शवस् (śavas, strength, power) and Irish curadh (hero).

κῡ́ρῐος (kū́rios, lord) is not a derivative; rather, κῦρος (kûros) is a back-formation from the former.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῦρος (kûrosn (genitive κῡ́ρεος); third declension

  1. supreme power, authority
  2. confirmation, validity, certainty

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Descendants

  • Greek: κύρος (kýros)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κύριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 806-7

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