κύρος

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦρος (kûros, “authority, validity”), semantic loan from French autorité.

• IPA^(key): /ˈci.ɾos/

κύρος • (kýros) n (uncountable)

1. influence due to authority

   Synonym: επιρροή f (epirroḯ)

2. prestige, good reputation

   Synonym: πρεστίζ n (prestíz)

3. reliability, validity

   δίχως επιστημονικό κύρος ― díchos epistimonikó kýros ― without scientific validity

• κύρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language