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καίριος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καίριος καίριᾱ καίριον

Structure: καιρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kairo/s

Sense

  1. in or at the right place, a vital part, mortally
  2. in season, seasonable, timely, opportune, timely circumstances, opportunities
  3. lasting but for a season
  4. in season, seasonably

Examples

  • ὅθεν οἱ μὲν καιρίαισ περιπεσόντεσ πληγαῖσ εὐθέωσ ἐτελεύτων, οἱ δὲ κατατραυματιζόμενοι καὶ διὰ τὴν περὶ τὸ αἷμα ῥύσιν καὶ σφοδρότητα τοῦ ῥεύματοσ ἐκλυόμενοι παρεφέροντο. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 115 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. in season

  2. lasting but for a season

  3. in season

Related

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

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