κῡρί-α, ἡ,
authority, power, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 837a5, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; possession, control, οἴνου [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11A. 4; ταμιείου [prev. author] 6.13.1; τοῦ ἐπαποστεῖλαι στρατηγόν [prev. author] 6.15.6; κυρίαν ἔχειν περί τινος [prev. author] 6.14.10 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+].—The form κυρεία is frequently found in Papyrus and Inscrr. from [[1st c.BC, as “BGU” 1123.6 (1st c.BC), “PAmh.” 2.95i6 (2nd c.AD), and codices, as 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11A. 4, LXX.Dan.11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Dan.4.19, 6.26(7), 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.52 (variant), 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.440f (variant), “Etymologicum Magnum” 427.9 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+], and is required by metre in [[ 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.606 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]: contraction from κυριεία (which see).
__II feminine of κύριος (which see).