Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καιρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καιρός καιροῦ

Structure: καιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. measure; proportion; fitness
  2. (of time): period (of time); season; time
  3. (often in a positive sense) proper time, opportunity; prime;
  4. (loosely): God's time
  5. (in the plural) the times
  6. advantage, profit

Declension

Second declension

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

  • δυοῖν γὰρ ὄντοιν καιροῖν, εἰρήνησ καὶ πολέμου, τὸ μὲν ἀμφοῖν κοινόν ἐστι, τὸ δὲ τῷ τῆσ εἰρήνησ ἀνεῖται καιρῷ, τὸ δὲ ἀμύνεσθαι δυνατοὺσ εἶναι ποιεῖ περὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 96:13)

Synonyms

  1. measure

  2. the times

  3. advantage

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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