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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐξ ἐπιπολῆσ οὐδ’ ὡσ ἔτυχεν ἡμῶν ὁ λόγοσ καθίκετο, βαθεῖα δὲ καὶ καίριοσ ἡ πληγὴ ἐγένετο, καὶ μάλα εὐστόχωσ ἐνεχθεὶσ ὁ λόγοσ αὐτήν, εἰ οἱο͂́ν τε εἰπεῖν, διέκοψε τὴν ψυχήν εἰ γάρ τι δεῖ κἀμὲ ἤδη φιλοσόφων προσάψασθαι λόγων, ὧδε περὶ τούτων ὑπείληφα· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 35:4)
  • σὺ δ’, ὦ γεραιέ ‐ καίριοσ γὰρ ἤλυθεσ ‐ λέξον, τί δρῶν ἂν φονέα τεισαίμην πατρόσ; (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:3)
  • ἥ τοι καίριοσ σπουδὴ πόνου λήξαντοσ ὕπνον κἀνάπαυλαν ἤγαγεν. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 3:8)
  • οὐ μήν γε ἦν καίριοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 120:3)

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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