εὐκαιρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[εὐκαιρίη]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[good season]], [[opportunity]], τὴν εὐκαιρίαν [[διαφυλάσσω|διαφυλάττειν]] Isoc.12.34; <b class="b3">ἀπολαύειν τῆς εὐκαιρίας</b> Phld.''D.''3''Fr.''89; <b class="b3">εὐκαιρίαν ζητεῖν ἵνα</b>… ''Ev.Matt.''26.16; <b class="b3">εὐκαιρία τοῦ ἐλθεῖν</b> ''PMich.'' in ''Class.Phil.''22.250 (ii A.D.); [[leisure]], Hp.''Ep.''17,23; κατὰ πολλὴν εὐκαιρίαν καὶ σχολήν [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''23—a usage condemned by Phot. and Suid.s.v. [[σχολή]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[appropriateness]], opp. [[ἀκαιρία]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 272a; μεταφορᾶς, στίχων, Plu.2.16b,736f.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[convenient situation]], τῶν πόλεων Plb.16.29.3, cf.4.44.11, Ph.1.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[opportune supply]], ὑδάτων, of [[rainfall]] or [[irrigation]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 3.23.4 (pl.), D.S.1.52.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wealth]], [[prosperity]], <b class="b3">αἱ τῶν βίων εὐκαιρίαι</b> Plb.1.59.7, cf.13.9.2 (cj.), etc.; <b class="b3">εὐκαιρίαν οὐκ ἔχει</b> he has no [[property]], ''BGU''665ii4 (i A.D.).