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κύριος (kyrios): all forms

κύριος means “lord, master; having authority”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Positive

Positive, singular
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκύριοςκυρία · κύριοςκύριον
Genitiveκυρίουκυρίας · κυρίουκυρίου
Dativeκυρίῳκυρίᾳ · κυρίῳκυρίῳ
Accusativeκύριονκυρίην · κύριονκύριον
Vocativeκύριεκυρία · κύριεκύριον
Positive, plural
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκύριοικύριαι · κύριοικύρια
Genitiveκυρίωνκυρίωνκυρίων
Dativeκυρίοιςκυρίαις · κυρίοιςκυρίοιςκυρίοφι
Accusativeκυρίουςκυρίας · κυρίουςκύρια
Vocativeκύριοικύριαι · κύριοικύρια
Positive, forms
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Formsκυρίως

Comparative

Comparative, singular
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκυριώτεροςκυριωτέρακυριώτερον
Genitiveκυριωτέρουκυριωτέραςκυριωτέρου
Dativeκυριωτέρῳκυριωτέρᾳκυριωτέρῳ
Accusativeκυριώτερονκυριωτέρανκυριώτερον
Vocativeκυριώτερεκυριωτέρακυριώτερον
Comparative, plural
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκυριώτεροικυριώτεραικυριώτερα
Genitiveκυριωτέρωνκυριωτέρωνκυριωτέρων
Dativeκυριωτέροιςκυριωτέραις · κυριωτέραφι · κυριωτέρᾳςκυριωτέροις
Accusativeκυριωτέρουςκυριωτέραςκυριώτερα
Vocativeκυριώτεροικυριώτεραικυριώτερα
Comparative, forms
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Formsκυριώτερον

Superlative

Superlative, singular
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκυριώτατοςκυριωτάτηκυριώτατον
Genitiveκυριωτάτουκυριωτάτηςκυριωτάτου
Dativeκυριωτάτῳκυριωτάτῃκυριωτάτῳ
Accusativeκυριώτατονκυριωτάτηνκυριώτατον
Vocativeκυριώτατεκυριωτάτηκυριώτατον
Superlative, plural
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Nominativeκυριώτατοικυριώταταικυριώτατα
Genitiveκυριωτάτωνκυριωτάτωνκυριωτάτων
Dativeκυριωτάτοιςκυριωτάταιςκυριωτάτοις
Accusativeκυριωτάτουςκυριωτάταςκυριώτατα
Vocativeκυριώτατοικυριώταταικυριώτατα
Superlative, forms
MasculineFeminineNeuterForms
Formsκυριώτατα

Meaning and examples of κύριος

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.