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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative καίριος καιρίᾱ καίριον
Genitive καιρίου καιρίᾱς καιρίου
Dative καιρίῳ καιρίᾱͅ καιρίῳ
Accusative καίριον καιρίᾱν καίριον
Vocative καίριε καιρίᾱ καίριον
DualN/A/V καιρίω καιρίᾱ καιρίω
G/D καιρίοιν καιρίαιν καιρίοιν
PluralNominative καίριοι καίριαι καίρια
Genitive καιρίων καιριῶν καιρίων
Dative καιρίοις καιρίαις καιρίοις
Accusative καιρίους καιρίᾱς καίρια
Vocative καίριοι καίριαι καίρια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective καίριος καιρίου καιριότερος καιριοτέρου καιριότατος καιριοτάτου
Adverb καιρίως καιριότερον καιριότατα

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

  • καίτοι τοῦτο μὲν ἴσωσ εἰρηνικώτερόν ἐστιν καὶ τὸ τραῦμα ἧττον καίριον, εἰ αὐτὸσ ἴδοισ· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 1:6)
  • σμικρὴ αἰτίη ἄκεσισ γίνεται, ἢν μή τι περὶ τόπον καίριον πάθῃ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, PARAGGELIAI, xiv.7)
  • ἄναξ, σέ τ’ εἰκόσ, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει, μαθεῖν, σέ τ’ αὖ τοῦδ’· (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 2:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἑστάτω μοι καὶ δέοσ τι καίριον, καὶ μὴ δοκῶμεν δρῶντεσ ἃν ἡδώμεθα οὐκ ἀντιτίσειν αὖθισ ἂν λυπώμεθα. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:24)
  • ἀλλ’ αἰσχρὰ μέντοι σοῦ γέ μ’ ἐνδεέστερον ξένῳ φανῆναι πρὸσ τὸ καίριον πονεῖν. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode4)
  • οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ ὁ κακὸσ αὐτῇ, οὐδὲ μὴ εἴπῃ καίριόν τι καὶ καλὸν τῷ κοινῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:24)

Synonyms

  1. in season

  2. lasting but for a season

  3. in season

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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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