καίριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καιρός (kairós) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.ri.os/ → /ˈcɛ.ri.os/ → /ˈce.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛ.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ri.os/

Adjective

καίρῐος • (kaírios) m (feminine καιρῐ́η, neuter καίρῐον); first/second declension

1. (of place) in or at the right place; hence parts of the body: vital part, (of wounds) mortal, grave, serious
2. (of time) in season, timely, at the exact or fatal moment; lasting but for a season
3. (in superlative) chief, principal

Inflection

First and second declension of καίρῐος; καιρῐ́η; καίρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		καίρῐος kaírios	καιρῐ́η kairíē	καίρῐον kaírion		καιρῐ́ω kairíō	καιρῐ́ᾱ kairíā	καιρῐ́ω kairíō		καίρῐοι kaírioi	καίρῐαι kaíriai	καίρῐᾰ kaíria
Genitive		καιρῐ́ου kairíou	καιρῐ́ης kairíēs	καιρῐ́ου kairíou		καιρῐ́οιν kairíoin	καιρῐ́αιν kairíain	καιρῐ́οιν kairíoin		καιρῐ́ων kairíōn	καιρῐ́ων kairíōn	καιρῐ́ων kairíōn
Dative		καιρῐ́ῳ kairíōi	καιρῐ́ῃ kairíēi	καιρῐ́ῳ kairíōi		καιρῐ́οιν kairíoin	καιρῐ́αιν kairíain	καιρῐ́οιν kairíoin		καιρῐ́οις kairíois	καιρῐ́αις kairíais	καιρῐ́οις kairíois
Accusative		καίρῐον kaírion	καιρῐ́ην kairíēn	καίρῐον kaírion		καιρῐ́ω kairíō	καιρῐ́ᾱ kairíā	καιρῐ́ω kairíō		καιρῐ́ους kairíous	καιρῐ́ᾱς kairíās	καίρῐᾰ kaíria
Vocative		καίρῐε kaírie	καιρῐ́η kairíē	καίρῐον kaírion		καιρῐ́ω kairíō	καιρῐ́ᾱ kairíā	καιρῐ́ω kairíō		καίρῐοι kaírioi	καίρῐαι kaíriai	καίρῐᾰ kaíria
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		καιρῐ́ως kairíōs				καιρῐώτερος kairiṓteros				καιρῐώτᾰτος kairiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καίριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καίριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καίριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “καίριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2540 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • becoming idem, page 68.
  • befitting idem, page 69.
  • dangerous idem, page 194.
  • deadly idem, page 198.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • fatal idem, page 309.
  • fit idem, page 323.
  • fortunate idem, page 340.
  • happy idem, page 384.
  • lucky idem, page 504.
  • meet idem, page 522.
  • mortal idem, page 541.
  • opportune idem, page 576.
  • proper idem, page 653.
  • punctual idem, page 657.
  • seasonable idem, page 746.
  • serious idem, page 754.
  • suitable idem, page 836.
  • timely idem, page 876.