Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • εἶτα ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα ἐκείνων ταλάντων οἰκίαν τε ἤδη ᾠκοδομησάμην ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τὴν Ποικίλην, τὴν παρὰ τὸν Ἰλισσὸν ἐκείνην τὴν πατρῴαν ἀφείσ, καὶ οἰκέτασ ὠνούμην καὶ ἐσθῆτασ καὶ ζεύγη καὶ ἵππουσ· (Lucian, 24:1)
  • ταύτην μὲν δὴ τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ χωρίῳ ἐδόκει ᾠκίσθαι, ἐκτειχίσαι τε προστάσσει Κρατερῷ καὶ ξυνοικίσαι ἐσ αὐτὴν τούσ τε προσχώρουσ ὅσοι ἐθελονταί καὶ εἰ δή τινεσ ἀπόμαχοι τῆσ στρατιᾶσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 24 7:1)
  • κεῖται γὰρ ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ πρὸσ τὴν ἐκείνων γῆν ἀποβλέπον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 199:2)
  • καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι πέμπουσιν ἐσ Κρήτην Χαρμίδαν τὸν Εὔθυοσ, ἄνδρα ἐν Σπάρτῃ τῶν δοκίμων, στάσεισ τε καταπαύσοντα τοῖσ Κρησὶ καὶ τὰ πολίσματα, ὁπόσα ἦν ἀπωτέρω θαλάσσησ καὶ ἄλλωσ ἀσθενῆ, ταῦτα μὲν τοὺσ Κρῆτασ πείσοντα ἐκλιπεῖν, τὰ δὲ ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ τοῦ παράπλου συνοικιοῦντα ἀντ’ αὐτῶν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 2 12:2)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION