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ἀκαιρ-ία

akairia · ἡ

unfitness of times

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ἀκαιρ-ία · akair-ia — LSJ

unfitness of times, time of trouble

unfitness of times, opp. ἐπικαιρία, Democr. 26e (pl.); opp. εὐκαιρία, Pl. Phdr. 272a; opp. ἐγκαιρία, Id. Plt. 305d; time of trouble, Lib. Or. 59.38.

2 unseasonableness

of bad seasons, unseasonableness, ἐνιαυτῶν πολλῶν ἀ. Pl. Lg. 709a (pl.); τῶν πνευμάτων Arist. Pr. 941b25 (pl.).

3 impropriety

impropriety, Pl. Smp. 182a.

4 bad taste

bad taste in writing, D.H. Dem. 7, al.

5 want of opportunity, want of time

opp. καιρός, want of opportunity, τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίσαντες D. 1.24; want of time, Plu. Sanit. 2.130e.

II tactlessness

of persons, tactlessness, Thphr. Char. 12.

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