καιρός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ka͜ɪrós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kɛːrós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kerós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /cerós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ceɾós/

Noun

καιρός • (kairós) (genitive καιροῦ) m, second declension

1. measure; proportion; fitness
2. (of time): period (of time); season; time
3. (often in a positive sense) proper time, opportunity; prime
4. (in the plural) the times
5. advantage, profit

Inflection

Second declension of καιρός, καιροῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καιρός	τὼ καιρώ	οἱ καιροί
Genitive	τοῦ καιροῦ	τοῖν καιροῖν	τῶν καιρῶν
Dative	τῷ καιρῷ	τοῖν καιροῖν	τοῖς καιροῖς
Accusative	τὸν καιρόν	τὼ καιρώ	τοὺς καιρούς
Vocative	καιρέ	καιρώ	καιροί

Synonyms

• (time): χρόνος (khrónos)

References

• καιρός in A Greek–English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2540

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Greek

Noun

καιρός • (kairós) m (plural καιροί)

1. weather

   καιρού επιτρέποντος

   kairoú epitrépontos

   weather permitting

2. time, events

   από καιρό σε καιρό

   apó kairó se kairó

   from time to time

Declension

καιρός (kairós)

	singular	plural
nominative	καιρός	καιροί
genitive	καιρού	καιρών
accusative	καιρό	καιρούς
vocative	καιρέ	καιροί

Synonyms

• (time): χρόνος m (chrónos)