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ἐπίκαιρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκαιρος ἐπίκαιρον

Structure: ἐπικαιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in fit time or place, in season, seasonable, opportune, convenient, most convenient, convenient for . .
  2. vital

Examples

  • Νεφροὶ, τὴν μὲν τοῦ σώματοσ ἰδέην, οὐ κάρτα ἐπίκαιροι ἐσ κίνδυνον, ἢν καί τι πάθωσι ὀξέωσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 187)
  • Αἰτίαι δὲ δυσεντερίησ μυρίαι, ἐπίκαιροι δὲ, ἀπεψίαι , ψύξιεσ συνεχέεσ, δριμέων πρόσαρσισ, μυττωτῶν, κρομμύου αὐτοῦ, σκορόδου, κρεῶν παλαιῶν δριμέων ἐδωδή. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 198)
  • Διαφέρει δὲ μέγα, καὶ ἢν ἔσω τοῦ βραχίονοσ καὶ τοῦ μηροῦ τὰ ὀστέα ἐξέχῃ‧ πολλαὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐπίκαιροι κατατάσιεσ φλεβῶν ἐν τῷ ἔσω μέρει, ὧν ἔνιαι τιτρωσκόμεναι σφάγιαί εἰσιν‧ εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔξω μέρει, ἧσσον δέ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 36.5)
  • ἀλλά τοι περί γε φυλακῆσ τῆσ χώρασ οἶδ’ ὅτι ἤδη σοι μεμέληκε, καὶ οἶσθα ὁπόσαι τε φυλακαὶ ἐπίκαιροί εἰσι καὶ ὁπόσαι μή, καὶ ὁπόσοι τε φρουροὶ ἱκανοί εἰσι καὶ ὁπόσοι μή εἰσι· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 6 11:3)

Synonyms

  1. in fit time or place

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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