α827Ἄκαιρος
ill-timed, inopportune
[Meaning] he who/that which which lacks good timing. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "ill-timed goodwill is no different from enmity"; they say that Hippolytus said this to Phaedra when she maintained she…
Ἄκαιρος· ὁ μὴ ἔχων καιρόν. καὶ, Ἄκαιρος εὔνοια οὐδὲν ἔχθρας διαφέρει· Ἱππόλυτον φασὶ ταύτην εἰπεῖν πρὸς Φαῖδραν φάσκουσαν φιλεῖν τε καὶ στέργειν αὐτόν.
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