ἀκαιρέομαι

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τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)

Source

English (Abbott-Smith)

English (Strong)

from a compound of Α (as a negative particle) and καιρός (meaning unseasonable); to be inopportune (for oneself), i.e. to fail of a proper occasion: lack opportunity.

English (Thayer)

(imperfect ἠκαιρούμην); (ἄκαιρος inopportune); to lack opportunity, (opposed to εὐκαιρέω): Photius, Suidas, Zonaras (1118 A.D.>); ἀκαίρειν, Diodorus excerp. Vatican edition Mai, p. 30 (fragment 1. x., § 7, Dindorf edition).)