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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

  • Αὗται αἱ ἑορταὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ κληταὶ ἅγιαι, ἃσ καλέσετε αὐτὰσ ἐν τοῖσ καιροῖσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:4)
  • καὶ τὸ δῶρον τῶν ξυλοφόρων ἐν καιροῖσ ἀπὸ χρόνων καὶ ἐν τοῖσ βακχουρίοισ. μνήσθητί μου ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν εἰσ ἀγαθωσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:31)
  • καὶ ἔστησεν Ἰούδασ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία Ἰσραήλ, ἵνα ἄγωνται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐν τοῖσ καιροῖσ αὐτῶν ἐνιαυτὸν κατ̓ ἐνιαυτὸν ἡμέρασ ὀκτώ, ἀπὸ τῆσ πέμπτησ καὶ εἰκάδοσ τοῦ μηνὸσ Χασελεῦ, μετ̓ εὐφροσύνησ καὶ χαρᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 4:59)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ κατανοῶν τοὺσ παρακειμένουσ δυνάστασ καὶ γειτνιῶντασ τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῖσ καιροῖσ ἐπέχοντασ καὶ προσδεχομένουσ τὸ ἀποβησόμενον, ἀναδέδειχα τὸν υἱόν μου Ἀντίοχον βασιλέα, ὃν πολλάκισ ἀνατρέχων εἰσ τὰσ ἐπάνω σατραπείασ τοῖσ πλείστοισ ὑμῶν παρακατετιθέμην καὶ συνίστων. γέγραφα δὲ πρὸσ αὐτὸν τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:25)
  • ἀπομαρτυρησάντων δὲ τῶν ἐκεῖ κατοικούντων Ἰουδαίων, ἣν οἱ Σκυθοπολῖται ἔσχον πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ εὔνοιαν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ τῆσ ἀτυχίασ καιροῖσ ἥμερον ἀπάντησιν ἐποιοῦντο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:30)

Synonyms

  1. measure

  2. the times

  3. advantage

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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