κύρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κυρέω (kuréō)

Etymology

Unknown. Beekes rejects connections to καιρός (kairós, measure; season) and κυρίττω (kuríttō, to butt with the horns).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κῡ́ρω • (kū́rō)

  1. to hit upon
  2. to meet with (esp. accidentally)
  3. to attain, obtain

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῡ́ρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 808-9

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