ἀκαιρία

akairia

unfitness of times

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book IV 1
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709a7
Phaedrus 1
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272a7
Statesman 1
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305d4
Symposium 1
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182a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκαιρία, ἡ, A. unfitness of times, opp. ἐπικαιρία, Democr. 26e (pl.); opp. εὐκαιρία, Pl. Phd. 272a; opp. ἐγκαιρία, Id. Plt. 305d; time of trouble, Lib. Or. 59.38. 2. of bad seasons, unseasonableness, ἐνιαυτῶν πολλῶν ἀ. Pl. Lg. 709a(pl.); τῶν πνευμάτων Arist. Pr. 941b25(pl.). 3. impropriety, Pl. Smp. 182a. 4. bad taste in writing, D.H. Dem. 7,al. 5. opp. καιρός, want of opportunity, τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίσαντες D. 1.24; want of time, Plu. 2.130e. II. of persons, tactlessness, Thphr. Char. 12.

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