κῠβερν-άω,
steer, νῆα κυβερνῆσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.283, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.3 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298e, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, act as helmsman, αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 544. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 drive, κ. ἅρματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theages” 123c; τὸν δρόμον τῶν Ἵππων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.9.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, guide, govern, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.122, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 291d, etc.; τὴν δίκην ὀρθῇ γνώμῃ κυβερνᾶτε 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 act as pilot, i.e. perform certain rites, in the Ship of Isis, [[ “IGRom.” 1.817 (from Callipolis). ] Refs]
__II middle, = active, κυβερνωμένης τῆς διανοίας [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 964b17; ὁ κυβερνώμενος μουσικῇ 4th c.AD(?): Marcellinus Biographus “Vita Thucydidis” 49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, σῇ κυβερνῶμαι χερί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 35; μιᾷ γνώμῃ τῇ Κύρου ἐκυβερνᾶτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.1; ἡ ἰατρικὴ.. διὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τούτου κυβερνᾶται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 187a, compare “R.” 590d, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 40.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κυμερῆναι.