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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

  • Εὐφόρωσ δὲ οὐ πάνυ ἔχει διαναγκάζεσθαι οὕτωσ‧ ὅ τε γὰρ ἀσκὸσ, ἐμφυσώμενοσ, οὐ τὰ ὀγκηρότατα αὐτοῦ ἔχει πρὸσ τῷ ἄρθρῳ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ, ἣν δεῖ μάλιστα ἐκμοχλεύσασθαι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἑωυτὸν αὐτὸσ μέσοσ, καὶ τῶν μηρῶν ἴσωσ ἢ κατὰ τὸ μέσον ἢ ἔτι κατωτέρω‧ οἵ τε αὖ μηροὶ φύσει γαυσοὶ πεφύκασιν, ἄνωθεν γὰρ σαρκώδεέσ τε καὶ ξύμμηροι, ἐσ δὲ τὸ κάτω ὑπόξηροι, ὥστε καὶ ἡ τῶν μηρῶν φύσισ ἀπαναγκάζει τὸν ἀσκὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπικαιροτάτου χωρίου. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 77.6)

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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