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          "definition": "<i>trial, attempt,</i> π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά Alcm. 63 ; opp. δόξα, Thgn. 571 ; πείρᾳ δʼ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω S. Tr. 591 ; πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσειν Id. El. 471 ; πείρᾳ σφαλῆναι Th. 1.70 ; ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ π. Id. 3.3 ; πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται Theoc. 15.62 ; πεῖραν ἔχοντες <i>being proved,</i> Pi. N. 4.76 ; but πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have <i>experience</i> of . . , X. Cyr. 4.1.5 ; π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι . . Id. An. 3.2.16 ; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves <i>a trial</i> of your resolution, Th. 1.140 ; πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν or λαβεῖν to make <i>trial</i> or <i>proof</i> of . . , E. Fr. 691, Isoc. 12.236, Pl. Grg. 448a, X. An. 6.6.33, etc. ; also, gain <i>experience</i> of . . , ἐν ἑαυτῷ ib. 5.8.15 ; π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχει Pl. Prt. 342a ; π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγει Id. Thg. 129d ; πεῖράν τινος διδόναι (cf. Lat. specimen sui edere) Darei Epist. in SIG 22.21, Th. 1.138, Isoc. 3.45 ; π. τῆς δόξης δοῦναι Th. 6.11 ; π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναι D. 18.107, cf. 195 ; π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντες Pl. Prt. 348a ; πεῖραν ποιήσασθαι Th. 1.53 ; π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ . . Id. 2.20 ; ταῖς π. βασανίζειν Arist. GA 747a3 ; πεῖραν καθεῖναι Ael. VH 2.13, cf. NA 1.39 ; π. δέξασθαι <i>undertake,</i> Plu. Pyrrh. 5.",
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                "quote": "π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά",
                "ref": "Alcm. 63",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Thgn. 571 ;",
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                "quote": "πείρᾳ δʼ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω",
                "ref": "S. Tr. 591",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:591"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσειν",
                "ref": "Id. El. 471",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:471"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πείρᾳ σφαλῆναι",
                "ref": "Th. 1.70",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.70"
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Id. 3.3 ;",
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                "quote": "πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται",
                "ref": "Theoc. 15.62",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 4.76 ; but",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299077",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "X. Cyr. 4.1.5 ;",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299078",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Id. An. 3.2.16 ;",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Th. 1.140 ;",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "E. Fr. 691,",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Isoc. 12.236,",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 448a,",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "X. An. 6.6.33, etc. ; also, gain",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:6.6.perseus-grc2.33"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "5.8.15 ;",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχει",
                "ref": "Pl. Prt. 342a",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγει",
                "ref": "Id. Thg. 129d",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Th. 1.138,",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Isoc. 3.45 ;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc2:45"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299089",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. τῆς δόξης δοῦναι",
                "ref": "Th. 6.11",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.11"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299090",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναι",
                "ref": "D. 18.107",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc2:107"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299091",
              "data": {
                "quote": "π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντες",
                "ref": "Pl. Prt. 348a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:348a"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299092",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πεῖραν ποιήσασθαι",
                "ref": "Th. 1.53",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299093",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Id. 2.20 ;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.20"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299094",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ταῖς π. βασανίζειν",
                "ref": "Arist. GA 747a3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:747a.perseus-grc2.3"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299095",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πεῖραν καθεῖναι",
                "ref": "Ael. VH 2.13",
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            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299096",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "NA 1.39 ;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.39"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299097",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Plu. Pyrrh. 5.",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030.perseus-grc2:5"
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                  "definition": "ἀπὸ πείρης by <i>experiment,</i> opp. αὐτόματον, Hdt. 7.9.γʹ; διὰ πείρας ἰέναι Pl. Ax. 369a; διὰ π. ἔργων ἐλήλυθε Onos. Praef. 7 ; ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι διὰ τῆς π. Arist. Pol. 1341a37 ; ἐς πεῖραν ἤλθομεν φίλων E. Heracl. 309, etc. ; ἰέναι ἐς τὴν π. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ <i>try</i> an action by sea, Th. 7.21 ; ἀκοῆς κρείσσων ἐς π. ἔρχεται turns out <i>on trial</i> greater than report, Id. 2.41 ; ἐκ τῆς π. δῆλον Arist. Pr. 938b38 ; Κύρου ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι to have been <i>acquainted</i> with Cyrus, X. An. 1.9.1 ; ἐν π. τέλος διαφαίνεται Pi. N. 3.70 ; ἐπὶ πείρᾳ by way of <i>test</i> or <i>trial,</i> Ar. Av. 583 ; ἐπὶ π. δούς <i>on trial,</i> Men. 118 ; π. θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς a <i>contest</i> for . . , Pi. N. 9.28.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299098",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 7.9.γʹ;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299099",
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                        "quote": "διὰ πείρας ἰέναι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ax. 369a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038.perseus-grc2:369a"
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                        "quote": "διὰ π. ἔργων ἐλήλυθε",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299101",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1341a37 ;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1341a.perseus-grc2.37"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐς πεῖραν ἤλθομεν φίλων",
                        "ref": "E. Heracl. 309",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc2:309"
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                    },
                    {
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 7.21 ;",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. 2.41 ;",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐκ τῆς π. δῆλον",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pr. 938b38",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "X. An. 1.9.1 ;",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-299107",
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                        "quote": "ἐν π. τέλος διαφαίνεται",
                        "ref": "Pi. N. 3.70",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ar. Av. 583 ;",
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                        "ref": "Men. 118 ;",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pi. N. 9.28.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>attempt on</i> or <i>against</i> one, πεῖράν τινʼ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι <i>a means of attacking</i> . . , S. Aj. 2 ; τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ φυλακτέον A. Th. 499 ; esp. <i>attempt to seduce</i> a woman, Plu. Thes. 26, Cim. 1 : abs., <i>attempt, enterprise,</i> A. Pers. 719 (troch.), Th. 3.20 ; πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν to go forth upon <i>an enterprise,</i> S. Aj. 290 ; cf. πειρατής. (Cf. Lat. experior, peritus.)",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "S. Aj. 2 ;",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ φυλακτέον",
                    "ref": "A. Th. 499",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:499"
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Plu. Thes. 26,",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Cim. 1 : abs.,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg035.perseus-grc2:1"
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "A. Pers. 719 (troch.),",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Th. 3.20 ;",
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                    "ref": "S. Aj. 290 ; cf.",
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