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