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κυρόω

κυρόω, to make valid, confirm, ratify, determine

κῡρόω, fut. -ώσω Hdt. 6.86.βʹ: (κῦρος):—
  • confirm, ratify, δόμοις . . τήνδʼ ἐκύρωσας φάτιν A. Pers. 227 (troch.); τῇδʼ ἐκύρωσεν φάτις ib. 521; ταῦτα Hdt. l.c.; τὸν γάμον Id. 6.126; ἡ ἐκκλησία κυρώσασα ταῦτα διελύθη Th. 8.69; Ζεῦ, ταῦτα κυρώσειας Ar. Th. 369 (lyr.); μοῖραν Pl. R. 620e; τὴν γνώμην Plb. 1.11.1; τὰς διαλύσεις Id. 1.17.1:—Med., accomplish oneʼs end, λόγῳ κυροῦται τὰ πάντα Pl. Grg. 451c, cf. d:—Pass., to be ratified, determined, ἐκεκύρωτο ὁ γάμος Κλεισθένεϊ Hdt. 6.130; οὐδὲ κυρωθῆναι ἔμενον τὸ πρῆγμα Id. 8.56, cf. Th. 4.125; τοὺς κυρωθέντας [τῶν νόμων] And. 1.85, cf. D. 20.93; τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ κυρωθὲν περὶ τούτων IG 7.303.45 (Orop.); κυρωθέντος τοῦ δόγματος Plb. 1.11.3; of a contract, to be sanctioned, PPetr. 2 p.44 (iii B.C.); in auctions, to be knocked down, BGU 992i9 (ii B.C.); ὁ κυρωθείς the highest bidder, to whom an object is knocked down, PRev.Laws 48.17 (iii B.C.): generally, ποῖ κεκύρωται τέλος; at what point hath the end been fixed or determined? A. Supp. 603, cf. Ch. 874, E. Hipp. 746 (v.l.); πρὶν κεκυρῶσθαι σφαγάς before it has been accomplished, Id. El. 1069: c. inf., ἐκεκύρωτο συμβάλλειν it had been decided to fight, Hdt. 6.110; ἐκυρώθη ναυμαχέειν Id. 8.56.
      • 2 κ. δίκην decide it, A. Eu. 581, 639.
      • 3 c. acc. et inf., decree or ordain that . ., τηρηθῆναι τὸν νόμον Arist. Fr. 593.
      • 4 of arguments or doctrines, confirm, establish, Phld. Po. Herc. 1676.3; κ. ὅτι . . Id. Sign. 7.

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