ἐπίκαιρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπίκαιρον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in fit time]] or [[place]], [[seasonable]], [[opportune]], S.''OT''875 (lyr.), Th.6.34; νίκη -οτάτη Id.8.106; of places, -ότατον χωρίον πρὸς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποχρῆσθαι Id.1.68; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπίκαιρα</b> [[advantageous]] [[position]]s, X.''Hier.''10.5; τοὺς ἐ. τῶν τόπων D. 18.27, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1331a21; Κόρκυρα ἐν ἐπικαιροτάτῳ κειμένη Isoc.15.108; τὰ ἐνδεχόμενα καὶ ἐπικαιρότατα Arist.''Rh.''1396b5; <b class="b3">τοῦ πάθους τὸ ἐπίκαιρον</b> [[spontaneous]] [[outburst]] of [[passion]], Longin.18.2: also c.gen., <b class="b3">τρίποδα..λουτρῶν</b> [[ἐπίκαιρον]], = [[καιρὸν ἔχοντα λουτρῶν]], [[convenient for]]... [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1406 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἰατὴρ ἐπικαιρότατος</b> [[helping in time of need]], Pi.''P.''4.270. Adv. [[ἐπικαίρως]] Sm.''Ps.''9.10, Sup. ἐπικαιροτάτως Anon.''in Rh.''132.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[serious]], [[important]], <b class="b3">ἐ. σημεῖα</b> [[important]] symptoms, Hp.''Epid.''1.25; <b class="b3">ἐς τέκμαρσιν</b> Id.''Acut.''.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of parts of the body, [[vital]], ἐν τῷ -οτάτῳ ἀφύλακτον X.''Eq.''12.7, cf. Arist.''GA''766a24; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ ζῆν</b> [[necessary]] for life, ib.719a16; of wounds, [[dangerous]], ἐ. τρῶμα Hp.''Fract.''11; ἕλκος Id.''Acut.''46. Adv. [[ἐπικαίρως]], τετρῶσθαι Paus.4.8.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[susceptible]] to disorders, Gal.''Nat.Fac.''2.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[for a time]], [[temporary]], opp. [[ἀΐδιος]], Epict.''Gnom.''8; ἡ τῆς δόξης ἐπίκαιρος εὐδαιμονία Vett.Val.130.30.