- καιρός
- καιρόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `right measure, (right, just, decisive) point of time, (favorable) opportunity, time of the year, time' (Hes.; cf. καίριος below).Compounds: Compp., e. g. καιρο-φυλακέω `guardian at the right time, guard (at the right time)' (D., Arist.), ἄ-, εὔ-καιρος with ἀ-, εὑ-καιρία, -έω a. o.Derivatives: - καίριος `coming at the right place, decisive, deadly' (Il.); `coming at the right time, convenient'; καιρικός `at the right time, belonging to certain times', καίριμος `deadly' (Macho ap. Ath. 13, 581b; not quite certain), `matured', of wine (PFlor. 143, 2; IIIp), after ὥριμος (Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 55 u. 59).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Uncertain. Several proposals: to κείρω as `decisive moment' or `(a certain) time', cf. Lat. discrīmen (Persson Stud. 107, Brugmann Sächs. Ber. 1900, 410 n. 1); to κεράννυμι `mix' (Brugmann IF 17, 363f.; morphologically complicated; similar Benveniste Mélanges Ernout 11ff.: prop. "atmospherical mix"); to κύρω `meet, meet accidentally' (Bq 538 A. 1; phonetically difficult); to Skt. kālá- `time' (Güntert Weltkönig 232; phonetically impossible, see Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.). Cf. W.-Hofmann s. cernō (1, 206) and 1. tempus (2, 661). - On the meaning of καιρός s. H. Wersdörfer Die Φιλοσοφία des Isokrates (1940) 54ff., Fr. Pfister Festgabe für E. Bulle (Würzb. Stud. z. alttest. Wiss. 13 [1938]) 131ff.Page in Frisk: 1,755-756
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