, Hes. Sc. 426 , Op. 691 , E. Med. 1363 :— Med. ,κύρομαι [ῡ] 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 κύρσαςId.Sc.l.c.;ἅρματι κύρσας having struck againstit, Il. 23.428 ;μέγα δένδρεον αἰθέρι κῦρον reaching to. . , Call. Cer. 38 , cf. A.R. 2.363 , 4.945 , AP 9.710 ; so ἐν πείρασι κ.
Parm. 8.49
.
b. of things,κυρεῖν τινι befallorbe granted tohim, S. OC 1290 , Tr. 291 , E. Hec. 215 (lyr.); alsoεἰς ὅ τι κύρει ἕκαστα'which way the wind blows', Timo. 48.5.
2. c. gen.,hitthe mark, ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ
A. Ag. 628
;reach tooras 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. OC 1082 (lyr.).
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 κύρεινdub. cj. in Id. Hipp. 746 (lyr.), cf. Opp. H. 1.34 .
b. obtain, κυρούντων τὰ πρόσφορα
A. Ch. 714
.
II. abs.,happen, come to pass,τί ποτ' αὐτίκα κύρσει; S. OC 225 (lyr.);καλῶς, εὖ κυρεῖ turns outwell, A. Th. 23 , S. El. 799 ; of a person,Ἀτρείδην εἰδέναι κυροῦνθ' ὅπωςhowhe fares, A. Ag. 1371 ; alsoἕτερα 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 κυρήσαςby intelligence, S. OT 398 : c.part.,τόδ' ἂν λέγων κυρήσαιςin 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 beso and so, σεσωσμένος κυρεῖ