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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓καιρος εύ̓καιρον
Genitive εὐκαίρου εὐκαίρου
Dative εὐκαίρῳ εὐκαίρῳ
Accusative εύ̓καιρον εύ̓καιρον
Vocative εύ̓καιρε εύ̓καιρον
DualN/A/V εὐκαίρω εὐκαίρω
G/D εὐκαίροιν εὐκαίροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓καιροι εύ̓καιρα
Genitive εὐκαίρων εὐκαίρων
Dative εὐκαίροις εὐκαίροις
Accusative εὐκαίρους εύ̓καιρα
Vocative εύ̓καιροι εύ̓καιρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓καιρος 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

  • ἅμα γὰρ ἐν γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ διατρίβοντεσ ἐπιτερπῶσ διεξάγουσι, τὸν μὲν ἥλιον φεύγοντεσ τῇ διὰ τῶν ἀκρεμόνων σκιᾷ, τὸ δὲ φυσικὸν περὶ τοὺσ τόπουσ καῦμα τῇ συνεχεῖ τοῦ κύματοσ προσκλύσει διορθούμενοι, ταῖσ δὲ περιπνοαῖσ τῶν εὐκαίρων ἀνέμων εἰσ ῥᾳστώνην ἄγοντεσ τὰ σώματα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 19 4:2)
  • εὐκαιρῶν δὲ τῷ βίῳ πᾶν ἄν τισ ὑπομείναι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν διδόμενον τοῖσ διδασκάλοισ μισθὸν ἐρανίζεσθαι παρὰ τῶν φίλων· (Polybius, Histories, book 31, ii. res graeciae 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. well-timed

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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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