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εὔκαιρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔκαιρος εὔκαιρον

Structure: εὐκαιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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

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

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

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