ἐπίκαιρος: Difference between revisions

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