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εὔκαιρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: eukairos

Principal Part: εὔκαιρος εὔκαιρον

Structure: εὐκαιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. well-timed, in season, seasonable, in season, seasonably, opportunely

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὔκαιρος εὔκαιρον
Genitive εὐκαίρου εὐκαίρου
Dative εὐκαίρῳ εὐκαίρῳ
Accusative εὔκαιρον εὔκαιρον
Vocative εὔκαιρε εὔκαιρον
DualN/A/V εὐκαίρω εὐκαίρω
G/D εὐκαίροιν εὐκαίροιν
PluralNominative εὔκαιροι εὔκαιρα
Genitive εὐκαίρων εὐκαίρων
Dative εὐκαίροις εὐκαίροις
Accusative εὐκαίρους εὔκαιρα
Vocative εὔκαιροι εὔκαιρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὔκαιρος εὐκαίρου εὐκαιρότερος εὐκαιροτέρου εὐκαιρότατος εὐκαιροτάτου
Adverb εὐκαίρως εὐκαιρότερον εὐκαιρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ τῆς τε ἁρμονίας τὸ ἀκριβέστατον διαφυλάττειν, ὡς μὴ παραβαίνειν τι τοῦ ῥυθμοῦ, ἀλλ εὐκαίρῳ τῇ ἄρσει καὶ θέσει διαμεμετρῆσθαι τὸ ᾆσμα καὶ συνῳδὸν εἶναι τὴν κιθάραν καὶ ὁμοχρονεῖν τῇ γλώττῃ τὸ πλῆκτρον, καὶ τὸ εὐαφὲς τῶν δακτύλων καὶ τὸ εὐκαμπὲς τῶν μελῶν, πόθεν ἂν ταῦτα ὑπῆρχε τῷ Θρᾳκὶ ἐκείνῳ καὶ τῷ ἀνὰ τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα μεταξὺ βουκολοῦντι καὶ κιθαρίζειν μελετῶντι· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. well-timed

Related

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

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