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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

  • ἀπόξυροί τε γὰρ αἱ πέτραι καὶ ἀπρόσβατοι πανταχόθεν, ἠρέμα ἐπινενευκυῖαι, καὶ τῷ ποδὶ στενὴν ταύτην ὁ κρημνὸσ ἔχει τὴν ἐπίβασιν, ὡσ ἀκροποδητὶ μόλισ ἑστάναι, καὶ ὅλωσ ἐπικαιρότατοσ ἂν ὁ σταυρὸσ γένοιτο. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 1:6)
  • ἐσσὶ δ’ ἰατὴρ ἐπικαιρότατοσ, Παιάν τέ σοι τιμᾷ φάοσ· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 84:1)

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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