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κυρίως, like a lord

κῡρίως, Adv. of κύριος,
  • like a lord or master, with full authority, τὰς πόλεις κ. παρείληφεν Isoc. 4.137; κ. ζημιοῦν Arist. Ath. 3.6, SIG 1004.11 (Oropus, iv B.C.).
    • II surely, by fixed decree, A. Ch. 785 (lyr.).
      • 2 regularly, lawfully, κ. ἔχειν to be fixed, hold good, Id. Ag. 178 (lyr.), Is. 7.26; κ. γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 925c; κ. αἰτεῖσθαι, suo jure, S. Ph. 63; δόντος τοῦ πατρός D. 36.32.
    • III precisely, exactly, διόψεσθαι τὸ ἀληθές Pl. Prm. 136c.
    • IV properly, πρώτως καὶ κ. Arist. EN 1157a31; τὸ κ. [ἓν καὶ εἶναι] Id. de An. 412b9; esp. of words, in the proper sense, opp. μεταφορᾷ or κατὰ μεταφοράν, κ. κατά τινος κατηγορεῖσθαι Id. Top. 123a35, cf. 139b36; κ. λέγεσθαι Id. Metaph. 1015a14, cf. Str. 3.5.5, Phld. Po. 5.19, etc.; ἡ λέξις αὕτη τοῦτο σημαίνει κ. Plb. 2.22.1; properly speaking, D.T. 632.23: Comp. -ώτερον, λέγεσθαι Arist. EN 1098a6: Sup. -ώτατα, λέγεσθαι Id. Cat. 14a27.
    • V in a special (i.e. exceptional) sense, Olymp. in Mete. 306.29.

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