Κῦρε (Kyre)

Κῦρε is an Ancient Greek form of Κῦρος, meaning “Cyrus”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

It can also be a form of κυρέω, “hit upon, happen to”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 126 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Lysander 4.3: … βούλοιτο καὶ φράζειν ὡς οὐδενὸς ἁπλῶς ἀποτευξόμενον, ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Λύσανδρος, ἐπεὶ τοίνυν, εἶπεν, οὕτως ἔχεις, ὦ Κῦρε, προθυμίας, αἰτοῦμαί σε καὶ παρακαλῶ προσθεῖναι τῷ μισθῷ τῶν ναυτῶν ὀβολόν, ὅπως τετρώβολον ἀντὶ τριωβόλου λα …

Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter 189: κῦρε κάρη, πλῆσεν δὲ θύρας σέλαος θείοιο.

All forms of Κῦρος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.