κατάλληλος
λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man
English (LSJ)
ον,
A set over against one another, correspondent, πόροι Arist.Pr.905b8, cf. Thphr.CP6.9.2; φύσει ἅμα κατάλληλα τελειοῦται· διὸ καὶ ἀκούει τε ἅμα καὶ φωνεῖ [τὰ παιδία] Arist.Pr.902a11; γλῶσσα κ. τῷ στόματι Artem.1.32, cf. Str.2.1.29; κ. κεῖσθαι to be parallel, of lines, S.E.M.3.100; τὰ κ. the corresponding states, Id.P.1.238; κ. λόγος D.H.Th.37; τὸ κ. τῆς διανοίας ib.31; φαντασίαι δόγμασι κ. M.Ant.7.2; τοῖς στρατιωτικοῖς ἔργοις καταλληλότερος D.C. 71.1. 2 appropriate, κ. καὶ κατὰ φύσιν Arr.Epict.1.9.9, cf. Zos.4.53; πρὸς ὑγίειαν M.Ant.5.8. Adv. -λως, κ. λέγεσθαι prob. f.l. for κατ' ἀλλήλων, Arist.Metaph.1041a33, cf. Stoic.3.42; κ. τῇ φύσει Arr. Epict.1.22.9. 3 Gramm., rightly constructed, congruent, A.D. Synt.4.3, al.; also, well-arranged, in good order, of the text of Aristotle, Alex.Aphr.in Metaph.172.13 (Comp.). Adv. Comp. -ότερον ib. 37.20. II one after another, in succession, neut. pl. κατάλληλα, as Adv., Plb.3.5.6, 5.31.5; in a row, ἑπτὰ κεφαλὰς κ. J.AJ3.6.7; ληφθέντα κατάλληλα taken in corresponding order, Euc.5.4.
