A.“κυ^ρήσω” A.Ch.707, Hdt.1.112: aor. “ἐκύρησα” Hes.Op.755, Archil.18, Hom.Epigr.6.6, Hdt.1.31, E.Hec.215 (lyr.): pf. “κεκύρηκα” Pl.Alc. 2.141b:—also κύρω [υ_], Parm.8.49, A.R.2.363, AP9.710, etc.: impf. “ἔκυ_ρον” S.OC1159; Ep. “κῦρον” Il.23.821, h.Cer.189, h.Ven.174: fut. “κύρσω” Democr.243, S.OC225 (lyr.): aor. ἔκυρσα, part. “κύρσας” Il.3.23, Hes.Sc.426, Op.691, E.Med.1363:—Med., κύρομαι [υ_] in act. sense, Il.24.530:—poet. Verb, of which the two forms are used as required by the metre, and some tenses occur in Ion. and (rarely) in other Prose:
I. folld. by a case, hit, light upon,
1. c. dat., meet with, fall in with, “ἄλλοτε μὲν . . κακῷ . . κύρεται ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἐσθλῷ” Il.24.530; “πήματι κύρσαι” Hes.Op.691; λέων ὣς σώματι κύρσας Id.Sc. l.c.; ἅρματι κύρσας having struck against it, Il.23.428; μέγα δένδρεον αἰθέρι κῦρον reaching to . . , Call.Cer.38, cf. A.R.2.363, 4.945, AP9.710; so “ἐν πείρασι κ.” Parm.8.49.
b. of things, κυρεῖν τινι befall or be granted to him, S.OC1290, Tr. 291, E.Hec.215 (lyr.); also εἰς ὅ τι κύρει ἕκαστα 'which way the wind blows', Timo. 48.5.
2. c. gen., hit the mark, “ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ” A.Ag.628; reach to or as far as, “μελάθρου κῦρε κάρη” h.Cer.189; meet with, find, “αἰδοίων βροτῶν κυρῆσαι” Hom.Epigr.6.6; “πικροῦ δ᾽ ἔκυρσας . . μνηστῆρος” A.Pr.739; “Ἰαόνων ναυβατᾶν κύρσαντες” Id.Pers.1012 (lyr.); αἰθερίας νεφέλας κύρσαιμι would I could reach . . , S.OC1082 (lyr.).
b. attain to, obtain, “γάμων” Archil.18; “τέκνων κ.” Hdt.1.31; καθαρσίου ib.35 (v.l.); βασιληΐης ταφῆς ib.112; “δίκης” Id.9.116; “ἀτιμίης πρός τινων” Id.7.158; “κυρήσει νοστίμου σωτηρίας” A. Pers.797; στυγερᾶς μοίρας τῆσδε κυρήσας ib.910 (anap.); “κυροῦντα τῶν ἐπαξίων” Id.Pr.70; “βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι” S.OT1514; “δυσπότμων γάμων κυρήσας” Id.Ant.870 (lyr.); “μητρὸς ὡς κακῆς ἐκύρσατε” E.Med. 1363, cf. Ion 1105 (lyr.); “ἀμοιβῆς ἔκ τινος κυρεῖν” Id.Med.23, cf. Supp. 1170; “ἀγαθῶν” Pl.Alc.2.141b, Herod.3.57; “ληΐης” Id.2.45; “τόσσων ἐκύρησεν ὅσ᾽ οὐ πευσεῖσθε βέβαλοι” Theoc.3.51.
3. less freq. c. acc., reach, find, τί νῦν . . κυρῶ; A.Ch.214; “βίον εὖ κυρήσας” Id.Th.699 (lyr.); “ἐπ᾽ ἀκταῖς νιν κυρῶ” E.Hec.698; τέρμονα κύρειν dub. cj. in Id.Hipp. 746 (lyr.), cf. Opp.H.1.34.
II. abs., happen, come to pass, τί ποτ᾽ αὐτίκα κύρσει; S.OC225 (lyr.); καλῶς, εὖ κυρεῖ turns out well, A.Th.23, S.El.799; of a person, Ἀτρείδην εἰδέναι κυροῦνθ᾽ ὅπως how he fares, A.Ag.1371; also ἕτερα ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρων κακὰ κυρεῖ follow, E.Hec.690 (lyr.); “ἄλλα δ᾽ ἐξ ἄλλων κ.” Id.IT 865 (lyr.).
2. to be right, hit the mark, γνώμῃ κυρήσας by intelligence, S.OT398: c. part., τόδ᾽ ἂν λέγων κυρήσαις in saying, A.Supp. 589 (lyr.); ἐπεικάζων κυρῶ; S.El.663.
b. to be successful, prosper, Democr.243.
3. as auxil. Verb, c. part., turn out, prove to be so and so, “σεσωσμένος κυρεῖ” A.Pers.503, cf. Ag.1201; ποῦ ποτ᾽ ὢν κυρεῖς; S.Ph.805; “θύων ἔκυρον” Id.OC1159; “ἐχθρὸς ὢν κυρεῖ” E.Alc. 954; “εἰ κυρεῖ τις πέλας . . οἶκτον ἀΐων” A.Supp.58 (lyr.): with part. omitted, acting merely as the copula, “ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖς” Id.Pr.332, cf. Pers.598; ποῦ γῆς κυρεῖ; S.Aj.984; “φονέα σε φημὶ . . κυρεῖν” Id.OT 362; “ἐν κακῷ τῳ φαίνῃ κυρῶν” Id.Ph.741; “ἐν πύλαισι . . κυρεῖ” E.Ph. 1067; “ἔνθα πημάτων κυρῶ” Id.Tr.685.
