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

  • τραπομένων δὲ πρὸσ ἔργον οἱ μὲν ἱππόται πλάγιοι περιελαύνοντεσ ἐτόξευον, αὐτοὶ δὲ τοῖσ κοντοῖσ οἱ πρότακτοι χρώμενοι συνέστελλον εἰσ ὀλίγον τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ, πλὴν ὅσοι τὸν ὑπὸ τῶν τοξευμάτων φεύγοντεσ θάνατον ἀπετόλμων παραβόλωσ εἰσ αὐτοὺσ φέρεσθαι, μικρὰ μὲν βλάπτοντεσ, ὀξέωσ δὲ θνῄσκοντεσ ὑπὸ τραυμάτων μεγάλων καὶ καιρίων, παχὺν ἐπωθούντων τῷ σιδήρῳ τὸν κοντόν εἰσ τοὺσ ἵππουσ, πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ διὰ δυεῖν ἀνδρῶν ὑπὸ ῥύμησ διαπορευόμενον. (Plutarch, chapter 27 1:3)
  • Οὐκ ἀνωφελὲσ δὲ καὶ λούειν, ἤδη πάντων μὲν, ἢ τῶν γε πλείστων καὶ καιρίων τῶν ἐσ τὴν νοῦσον λελυμένων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 140)
  • ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ πάντων, ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν, τῶν καιρίων σπλάγχνων ὁδὸσ ἥδε αἵματοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 39)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ὁ αὐχήν ἐστι τῶν καιρίων, φαμὲν χρῆναι καὶ τούτῳ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θώρακοσ ὅμοιον τῷ αὐχένι στέγασμα πεποιῆσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 3:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τινῶν μὲν τραυματιζομένων, τινῶν δὲ καὶ τελευτώντων ἐκ τῶν καιρίων τραυμάτων, προσκόψαντα τὸν Διόνυσον ταῖσ τοιαύταισ περιστάσεσι τὸ μὲν ἀποστῆσαι τοῦ πίνειν δαψιλῆ τὸν ἄκρατον ἀποδοκιμάσαι διὰ τὴν ἡδονὴν τοῦ ποτοῦ, καταδεῖξαι δὲ νάρθηξι χρῆσθαι καὶ μὴ ξυλίναισ βακτηρίαισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 4 7:1)

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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