καίριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καιρός (kairós) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎi̯.ri.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ri.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.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

(of place) in or at the right place; hence parts of the body: vital part, (of wounds) mortal, grave, serious
(of time) in season, timely, at the exact or fatal moment; lasting but for a season
(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
Derived forms	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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
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, 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.

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