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|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Thgn.341</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1064</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>637</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span> 35</span>: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> (καιρός ''ΙΙ'') in Hom. always of Place, [[in the right place]] or [[at the right place]], hence of parts of the body, [[καίριον]] = a [[vital]] [[part]], <span class="bibl">Il.8.84</span>,<span class="bibl">326</span>; ἐν καιρίῳ <span class="bibl">4.185</span>; ὁ αὐχήν ἐστι τῶν καιρίων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8</span> (Sup.); of wounds, [[mortal]], [[καιρίῃ]] (sc. [[πληγῇ]]) τετύφθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.64</span>; πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1343</span>; <b class="b3">καιρίας πληγῆς τυχεῖν</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1292</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.5</span>; [[καιρίας]] (v.l. [[-ίους]]) σφαγάς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1431</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν τὴν καταφορὰν κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.2.33.3</span>; but also, [[grave]], [[serious]], [[νουσήματα]], [[τρώματα]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>1.5</span>: generally, καιριωτάτης τετευχέναι Χώρας <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>44. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of Time, [[in season]], [[timely]], εὕρισκε ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.111.6</span>; <b class="b3">Χρὴ λέγειν τὰ καίρια</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>582</span>; <b class="b3">καίριοι συμφοραί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1064</span>; εἴ τι κ. λέγει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>724</span>; <b class="b3">δρᾶν, φρονεῖν τὰ καίρια</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>120</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>228</span> (lyr.); καίριος σπουδή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>637</span>; καιριωτέρα βουλή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>471</span>; κ. [[ἐνθύμημα]] <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>4.5.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀεὶ καίριον</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.12</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ καίριον</b> = [[καιρίως]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 525</span>; [[critical]], <b class="b3">αὐτὰ τὰ καίρια ἔχων ἑκκαίδεκα</b> (sc. [[ἔτη]]) <span class="title">AP</span>12.22 (Scyth.); agreeing with the subject, <b class="b3">καιρίαν δ' ἡμῖν ὁρῶ στείχουσαν Ἰοκάστην</b> coming [[at the right time]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>631</span>; καίριος ἤλυθες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>598</span>; [[καιρία]] (Dind. for <b class="b3">καὶ δορία</b>) <b class="b3"> πτώσιμος</b> falling at the [[exact]] or [[fatal]] [[moment]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1122</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὰ καίρια</b> [[timely]] [[circumstance]]s, [[opportunity|opportunities]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>; [[emergencies]], D.C.<span class="title">Fr.</span>70.8. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[last]]ing but for a [[season]], AP12.224 (Strato). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[chief]], [[principal]], τὰ καιριώτατα τῶν κλημάτων <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>3.15.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.4.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[κυρίως]] = [[in season]], [[seasonably]], κ. εἰρημένον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1372</span>; [[σκοπεῖν]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>339</span>: Comp. [[κυριωτέρως]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[mortally]], [[οὐτασμένος]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1344</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.2.69.2</span>.</span>