ἄκυρος

A. without authority, opp. κύριος, hence,

I. of laws, sentences, etc., invalid, unratified, obsolete, ψήφισμα And. 1.8; δίκη Pl. Lg. 954e; συνθῆκαι Lys. 18.15; ἄκυρον ποιεῖν, καταστῆσαι set aside, Pl. Prt. 356d, Is. 1.21, etc.; νόμοις ἀ. χρωμένη not enforcing the laws, Th. 3.37. Adv. ‐ως Simp. in Ph. 168.10.

II. of persons, having no right or power, ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά X. HG 5.3.24; καθιστάναι Lys. 9.19; τινός over a thing, Pl. Tht. 169e; ἄ. πάντων . . γενήσεσθε D. 19.2 : c. inf., Pl. Lg. 929e.

2. of things, ἀκυροτέρα κρίσις less trust-worthy decision, Pl. Tht. 178d; ἄ. ἀμφορεύς voting urn into which neutral votes were thrown, Sch.Ar. Eq. 1150, Poll. 8.123; τὰ ἀκυρότερα less important parts of nature, Arist. GA 778a1; of bodily members, unimportant, ἄ. μόριον Gal. 16.540, cf. 18(1).33 (Comp.); impotent, Arist. GA 772b28.

III. of words and phrases, used in improper sense, Cic. Fam. 16.17.1 (Comp.), Phlp. in Ph. 717.12. Adv. ‐ρως Str. 12.3.23, Phld. Rh. 1.161 S., Hermog. Meth. 3, cf. Dam. Pr. 7, 306.