ἐπίκαιρος

A. in fit time or place, seasonable, opportune, S. OT 875 (lyr.), Th. 6.34; νίκη ‐οτάτη Id. 8.106; of places, ‐ότατον χωρίον πρὸς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποχρῆσθαι Id. 1.68; τὰ ἐ. advantageous positions, X. Hier. 10.5; τοὺς ἐ. τῶν τόπων D. 18.27, cf. Arist. Pol. 1331a21; Κόρκυρα ἐν ‐οτάτῳ κειμένη Isoc. 15.108; τὰ ἐνδεχόμενα καὶ ‐ότατα Arist. Rh. 1396b5; τοῦ πάθους τὸ ἐ. spontaneous outburst of passion, Longin. 18.2: also c.gen., τρίποδα . .λουτρῶν ἐπίκαιρον, = καιρὸν ἔχοντα λουτρῶν, convenient for . ., S. Aj. 1406 (anap.); ἰατὴρ ‐ότατος helping in time of need, Pi. P. 4.270. Adv. ‐ως Sm. Ps. 9.10, Sup. ‐οτάτως Anon. in Rh. 132.8.

2. . serious, important, ἐ. σημεῖα important symptoms, Hp. Epid. 1.25; ἐς τέκμαρσιν Id.Acut. .

3. . of parts of the body, vital, ἐν τῷ ‐οτάτῳ ἀφύλακτον X. Eq. 12.7, cf. Arist. GA 766a24; ἐ. τοῦ ζῆν necessary for life, ib.719a16; of wounds, dangerous, ἐ. τρῶμα Hp. Fract. 11; ἕλκος Id. Acut. 46. Adv. ‐ρως, τετρῶσθαι Paus. 4.8.4.

4. . susceptible to disorders, Gal. Nat.Fac. 2.8.

II. . for a time, temporary, opp. ἀΐδιος, Epict. Gnom. 8; ἡ τῆς δόξης ἐ. εὐδαιμονία Vett.Val. 130.30.