καίριος
καίριος,
α,
ον, also
ος,
ον Thgn. 341 ,
A. Ch. 1064 ,
S. Ph. 637 ,
Luc. Nigr. 35 :
I). (
καιρός 11 ) in
Hom. always of Place,
in or
at the right place, hence of parts of the body,
καίριον a vital part,
Il. 8.84 ,
326 ;
ἐν καιρίῳ 4.185 ;
ὁ αὐχήν ἐστι τῶν καιρίων X. Eq. 12.2 , cf.
8 ( Sup.); of wounds,
mortal,
καιρίῃ (sc.
πληγῇ)
τετύφθαι Hdt. 3.64 ;
πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν A. Ag. 1343 ;
καιρίας πληγῆς τυχεῖν ib.
1292 , cf.
X. Cyr. 5.4.5 ;
καιρίας ( v.l.
-ίους )
σφαγάς E. Ph. 1431 ;
ἔχειν τὴν καταφορὰν κ.
Plb. 2.33.3 ; butalso,
grave, serious,
νουσήματα, τρώματα,
Hp. Morb. 1.5 : generally,
καιριωτάτης τετευχέναι Χώρας Theol.Ar. 44 .
II). of Time,
in season, timely,
εὕρισκε ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι Hdt. 1.125 , cf.
Emp. 111.6 ;
Χρὴ λέγειν τὰ κ.
A. Th. 1 , cf.
Ch. 582 ;
καίριοι συμφοραί ib.
1064 ;
εἴ τι κ. λέγει S. Ant. 724 ;
δρᾶν, φρονεῖν τὰ κ.,
Id. Aj. 120 ,
El. 228 (lyr.);
καίριος σπουδή Id. Ph. 637 ;
-ωτέρα βουλή E. Heracl. 471 ;
κ. ἐνθύμημα X. HG 4.5.4 ;
τὸ ἀεὶ κ.
Id. Cyr. 4.2.12 , etc.;
πρὸς τὸ κ., =
καιρίως ,
S. Ph. 525 ;
critical,
αὐτὰ τὰ κ. ἔχων ἑκκαίδεκα (sc.
ἔτη)
AP 12.22 (Scyth.); agreeing with the subject,
καιρίαν δ’ ἡμῖν ὁρῶ στείχουσαν Ἰοκάστην coming
at the right time,
S. OT 631 ;
καίριος ἤλυθες E. El. 598 ;
καιρία (Dind. for
καὶ δορία)
πτώσιμος falling
at the exact or
fatal moment,
A. Ag. 1122 (lyr.);
τὰ κ.
timely circumstances, opportunities,
Th. 4.10 ;
emergencies,
D.C. Fr. 70.8 .
2). lasting but for a season, AP 12.224 (Strato).
ShortDef
in time, at the right moment, vital, fatal
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Headword (normalized):
καίριος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καιριος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">καίριος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="itype greek">ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 341 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1064" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1064/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 1064 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:637" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:637/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 637 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nigr.</span> 35 </a>: <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> ( <span class="quote greek">καιρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg007:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ) in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> always of Place, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the right place</span>, hence of parts of the body, <span class="foreign greek">καίριον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a vital part</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.84 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:326" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:326/canonical-url/"> 326 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν καιρίῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.185/canonical-url/"> 4.185 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ αὐχήν ἐστι τῶν καιρίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 12.2 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> 8 </a> ( Sup.); of wounds, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mortal</span>, <span class="foreign greek">καιρίῃ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">πληγῇ</span>) <span class="quote greek"> τετύφθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.64 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1343" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1343/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1343 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">καιρίας πληγῆς τυχεῖν</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1292" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1292/canonical-url/"> 1292 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.4.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καιρίας</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">-ίους</span> ) <span class="quote greek"> σφαγάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1431" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1431/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1431 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔχειν τὴν καταφορὰν κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:33:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:33:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.33.3 </a>; butalso, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grave, serious</span>, <span class="foreign greek">νουσήματα, τρώματα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 1.5 </a>: generally, <span class="quote greek">καιριωτάτης τετευχέναι Χώρας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Theol.Ar.</span> 44 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in season, timely</span>, <span class="quote greek">εὕρισκε ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.125 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:111:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:111.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 111.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Χρὴ λέγειν τὰ κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:582" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:582/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 582 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καίριοι συμφοραί</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1064" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1064/canonical-url/"> 1064 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἴ τι κ. λέγει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:724" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:724/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 724 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δρᾶν, φρονεῖν τὰ κ</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:228/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 228 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">καίριος σπουδή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:637" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:637/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 637 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">-ωτέρα βουλή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:471/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 471 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἐνθύμημα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:5:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.5.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἀεὶ κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:2:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.2.12 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τὸ κ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">καιρίως</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 525 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">critical</span>, <span class="foreign greek">αὐτὰ τὰ κ. ἔχων ἑκκαίδεκα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἔτη</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.22 </span> (Scyth.); agreeing with the subject, <span class="foreign greek">καιρίαν δ’ ἡμῖν ὁρῶ στείχουσαν Ἰοκάστην</span> coming <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the right time</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:631" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:631/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 631 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καίριος ἤλυθες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:598/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 598 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">καιρία</span> (Dind. for <span class="foreign greek">καὶ δορία</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> πτώσιμος</span> falling <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the exact</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fatal moment</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1122 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">τὰ κ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">timely circumstances, opportunities</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.10 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">emergencies</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 70.8 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lasting but for a season,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 12.224 </span> (Strato). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chief, principal</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰ καιριώτατα τῶν κλημάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:15:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:15:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.15.4 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:4:2/canonical-url/"> 6.4.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">-ρίως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in season, seasonably</span>, <span class="quote greek">κ. εἰρημένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1372/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1372 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκοπεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:339" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:339/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 339 </a> : Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ωτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.5.49 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mortally</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐτασμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1344" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1344/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1344 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:69:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:69:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.69.2 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}