κυρίων (kyrion)

κυρίων is an Ancient Greek form of κύριος, meaning “lord, master; having authority”. It is the genitive plural noun or adjective or genitive plural masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of κυρέω, “hit upon, happen to”.

It can also be a form of κῦρος, “supreme power, authority; principle”.

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caius Marius 1.2: … όγῳ πάλιν αὐτὸς ἀνωνύμους ποιεῖ τὰς γυναῖκας· οὐδεμιᾷ γάρ γυναικὶ τίθεται τῶν ὀνομάτων τὸ πρῶτον, ὅπερ οἴεται κύρίων ὄνομα Ῥωμαίοις ὑπάρχειν ὁ Ποσειδώνιος.

Plutarch, Adversus Coloten 13: … ήγηται καὶ οὐδὲν ἄρρητον ὡς ἀνὴρ ἀρχαῖος ἐν φυσιολογίᾳ καὶ συνθεὶς γραφὴν ἰδίαν, οὐκ ἀλλοτρίας διαφθοράν, τῶν κυρίων παρῆκεν.

New Testament, Revelation 19.16: καὶ ἔχει ἐπὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν μηρὸν αὐτοῦ ὄνομα γεγραμμένον ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΚΥΡΙΩΝ.

All forms of κύριος (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.