ἐπίκαιρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + καιρός (kairós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.kai̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.kɛ.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.cɛ.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ce.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ce.ros/
Adjective
ἐπίκαιρος • (epíkairos) m or f (neuter ἐπίκαιρον); second declension
- in fit time or place, in season, seasonable, opportune, convenient
- vital (of parts of the body)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπῐ́καιρος epĭ́kairos |
ἐπῐ́καιρον epĭ́kairon |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐ́καιροι epĭ́kairoi |
ἐπῐ́καιρᾰ epĭ́kairă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπῐκαίρου epĭkaírou |
ἐπῐκαίρου epĭkaírou |
ἐπῐκαίροιν epĭkaíroin |
ἐπῐκαίροιν epĭkaíroin |
ἐπῐκαίρων epĭkaírōn |
ἐπῐκαίρων epĭkaírōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπῐκαίρῳ epĭkaírōi |
ἐπῐκαίρῳ epĭkaírōi |
ἐπῐκαίροιν epĭkaíroin |
ἐπῐκαίροιν epĭkaíroin |
ἐπῐκαίροις epĭkaírois |
ἐπῐκαίροις epĭkaírois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπῐ́καιρον epĭ́kairon |
ἐπῐ́καιρον epĭ́kairon |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐκαίρους epĭkaírous |
ἐπῐ́καιρᾰ epĭ́kairă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́καιρε epĭ́kaire |
ἐπῐ́καιρον epĭ́kairon |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐκαίρω epĭkaírō |
ἐπῐ́καιροι epĭ́kairoi |
ἐπῐ́καιρᾰ epĭ́kairă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπῐκαίρως epĭkaírōs |
ἐπῐκαιρότερος epĭkairóteros |
ἐπῐκαιρότᾰτος epĭkairótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επίκαιρος (epíkairos)
Further reading
- ἐπίκαιρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίκαιρος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐπίκαιρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίκαιρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- advantageous idem, page 14.
- becoming idem, page 68.
- befitting idem, page 69.
- commodious idem, page 148.
- due idem, page 255.
- fit idem, page 323.
- handy idem, page 383.
- meet idem, page 522.
- opportune idem, page 576.
- proper idem, page 653.
- seasonable idem, page 746.
- suitable idem, page 836.
- timely idem, page 876.