Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ δὲ Πύρροσ ἐφορῶν τὸν περιέχοντα χειμῶνα καὶ κλύδωνα, τὴν μὲν στεφάνην, ᾗ διάσημον ἦν τὸ κράνοσ, ἀφελὼν ἔδωκέ τινι τῶν ἑταίρων, αὐτὸσ δὲ τῷ ἵππῳ πεποιθὼσ εἴσ τοὺσ ἑπομένουσ τῶν πολεμίων ἐνέβαλε, καὶ δόρατι πληγεὶσ διὰ τοῦ θώρακοσ οὐ καιρίαν πληγὴν οὐδὲ μεγάλην ἐπέστρεψε κατὰ τοῦ πατὰξαντοσ, ὃσ ἦν Ἀργεῖοσ, οὐ τῶν ἐπιφανῶν, ἀλλὰ πενιχρᾶσ καὶ πρεσβυτέρασ υἱὸσ γυναικόσ αὕτη τότε θεωμένη τὴν μάχην ὥσπερ αἱ λοιπαὶ γυναῖκεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ τέγουσ, ὡσ ἐπέγνω συνεστῶτα τῷ Πύρρῳ τὸν υἱόν, ἐκπαθὴσ γενομένη πρὸσ τὸν κίνδυνον, ἄρασα κεραμίδα ταῖσ χερσὶν ἀμφοτέραισ ἀφῆκεν ἐπὶ τὸν Πύρρον. (Plutarch, chapter 34 1:1)
  • καιρίαν δ’ ὑμῖν ὁρῶ τήνδ’ ἐκ δόμων στείχουσαν Ιὀκάστην, μεθ’ ἧσ τὸ νῦν παρεστὸσ νεῖκοσ εὖ θέσθαι χρεών. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:21)
  • ὤμοι, πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγὴν ἔσω. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 1:1)
  • ὁ δὲ τρωθεὶσ καὶ οὐδὲν παθὼν ὑπὸ τῆσ πληγῆσ ἠμύνατο τὸν Ἀρτάβανον καὶ κατενέγκασ αὐτοῦ πληγὴν καιρίαν ἀπέκτεινε. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 68 17:1)
  • ἡρωικῶσ δ’ ὑπὲρ τῆσ νίκησ ἀγωνισάμενοσ καιρίαν ἔλαβε πληγὴν εἰσ τὸν θώρακα. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 87 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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