κατάλληλ-ος

set over against one another, correspondent, πόροι Arist. Pr. 905b8, cf. Thphr. CP 6.9.2; φύσει ἅμα κατάλληλα τελειοῦται· διὸ καὶ ἀκούει τε ἅμα καὶ φωνεῖ [τὰ παιδία] Arist. Pr. 902a11; γλῶσσα κ. τῷ στόματι Artem. 1.32, cf. Str. 2.1.29; κ. κεῖσθαι to be parallel, of lines, S.E. M. 3.100; τὰ κ. the corresponding states, Id. P. 1.238; κ. λόγος D.H. Th. 37; τὸ κ. τῆς διανοίας ib. 31; φαντασίαι δόγμασι κ. M.Ant. 7.2; τοῖς στρατιωτικοῖς ἔργοις καταλληλότερος D.C. 71.1.

appropriate, κ. καὶ κατὰ φύσιν Arr. Epict. 1.9.9, cf. Zos. 4.53; πρὸς ὑγίειαν M.Ant. 5.8. Adv. -λως, κ. λέγεσθαι prob. f.l. for κατʼ ἀλλήλων, Arist. Metaph. 1041a33, cf. Stoic. 3.42; κ. τῇ φύσει Arr. Epict. 1.22.9.

Gramm., rightly constructed, congruent, A.D. Synt. 4.3, al.; also, well-arranged, in good order, of the text of Aristotle, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 172.13 (Comp.). Adv. Comp. -ότερον ib. 37.20.

one after another, in succession, neut. pl. κατάλληλα, as Adv., Plb. 3.5.6, 5.31.5; in a row, ἑπτὰ κεφαλὰς κ. J. AJ 3.6.7; ληφθέντα κατάλληλα taken in corresponding order, Euc. 5.4.