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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek κυριαρχώ (kuriarkhṓ) with semantic loan from French dominer. By surface analysis, κυρίαρχ(ος) (kyríarch(os)) +‎ ().[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ci.ɾi.aɾˈxo/
  • Hyphenation: κυ‧ρι‧αρ‧χώ
  • Rhymes: -o

Verb

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κυριαρχώ (kyriarchó) (past κυριάρχησα, passive κυριαρχούμαι, p‑past κυριαρχήθηκα, ppp κυριαρχημένος)

  1. to dominate (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
    Synonyms: δεσπόζω (despózo), εξουσιάζω (exousiázo)
  2. to dominate (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
    Synonym: επικρατώ (epikrató)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ κυριαρχώ”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998