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

  • αἵματοσ γὰρ ἡ φορή· αἷμα δὲ πάντων τροφὴ, πάντων δὲ θέρμη, πάντων δὲ χροιή· καὶ φοβερὸν μὲν ἰδεῖν διὰ στόματοσ ὁκωσοῦν Ῥέον· κακὸν δὲ, ἤν γε ἀπὸ σπλάγχνου καιρίου · κάκιον δὲ ἢν ἐκ Ῥήξιοσ καὶ διαβρώσιοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 32)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ ὑπεραλεῖται οὐ τὸ μέτρον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ πλέον τοῦ καιρίου· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 5:2)
  • καιρὸσ δ’ ἴσωσ γράψαι καί, εἴ ποτε συμβαίη θυμοειδεστέρῳ ἵππῳ τοῦ καιρίου χρῆσθαι ἢ βλακωδεστέρῳ, ὡσ ἂν ὀρθότατα ἑκατέρῳ χρῷτο. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 2:2)
  • ἐὰν δ̓ ἐπιτύχῃ τοῦ καιρίου, παραχρῆμα ἀνῄρηκεν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 33:4)
  • οὐδεμιᾶσ δ’ οὔσησ πληγῆσ καιρίου καὶ τῶν τραυμάτων ἔτι θερμῶν ὄντων ὁ Εὐμενὴσ δευτέραν πληγὴν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἐπενέγκασ ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Νεοπτόλεμον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 31 5:1)

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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