καίριος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 341, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1064, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 637, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:
__I (καιρός [[ 11) in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always of Place, in or at the right place, hence of parts of the body, καίριον a vital part, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.84, 326; ἐν καιρίῳ 4.185; ὁ αὐχήν ἐστι τῶν καιρίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.2, compare 8 (_superlative_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of wounds, mortal, καιρίῃ (i.e. πληγῇ) τετύφθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.64; πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1343 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρίας πληγῆς τυχεῖν[[ [prev. work] 1292, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρίας (variant{-ίους}) σφαγάς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1431 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν τὴν καταφορὰν κ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.33.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; butalso, grave, serious, νουσήματα, τρώματα, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.5: generally, καιριωτάτης τετευχέναι Χώρας “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of Time, in season, timely, εὕρισκε ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.125, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 111.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χρὴ λέγειν τὰ κ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1, compare “Ch.” 582 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καίριοι συμφοραί[[ [prev. work] 1064; εἴ τι κ. λέγει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 724 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρᾶν, φρονεῖν τὰ κ., [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 120, “El.” 228 (Lyric poetry); καίριος σπουδή [prev. author] “Ph.” 637; -ωτέρα βουλή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 471; κ. ἐνθύμημα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀεὶ κ. [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.12, etc.] Refs]; πρὸς τὸ κ., ={καιρίως}, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 525 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; critical, αὐτὰ τὰ κ. ἔχων ἑκκαίδεκα (i.e. ἔτη) [[“Anthologia Graeca” 12.22 (Scyth.)] Refs]; agreeing with the subject, καιρίαν δ᾽ ἡμῖν ὁρῶ στείχουσαν Ἰοκάστην coming at the right time, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 631; καίριος ἤλυθες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 598 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιρία (Dind. for καὶ δορία) πτώσιμος falling at the exact or fatal moment, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1122 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. timely circumstances, opportunities, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; emergencies, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 70.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]