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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

  • Διότι μὲν οὖν ἐν σπασμοῖσι καὶ τετάνοισι πρῶτον τοῦτο τὸ ἄρθρον ἐπισημαίνει συντεταμένον, καὶ διότι πληγαὶ καίριοι καὶ καροῦσαι αἱ κροταφίτιδεσ γίνονται, ἐν ἄλλῳ λόγῳ εἰρήσεται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 30.4)

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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