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πείρασις
πειρασμός
πειραστής
πειραστικός
πειρατέον
πειρατεύω
πειρατήριον
πειρατήριος
πειρατής
πειρατικός
πειράω
πειρήθηξαι
πειρήν
πειρητίζω
πείρινς
πείρω
πεῖσα
πείσει
Πεισιανάκτειος
πεισίβροτος
πεισιθάνατος
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πειράω
πειράω, Il. 8.8 , etc.: impf.
A). ἐπείρων Th. 4.25 : fut.-άσω ib. 9 , 43 : aor. ἐπείρᾱσα S. OC 1276 , Ar. Eq. 517 , Th. 6.54 : pf. πεπείρᾱκα Luc. Am. 26 :— Pass., aor. ἐπειράθην Th. 6.54 ; cf. πειράζω.
B). more freq. in Med. πειράομαι, Il. 2.193 , 24.390 , etc.: fut.-άσομαι S. OC 959 , etc.; Dor. 2 pl. πειρασεῖσθε Ar. Ach. 743 , cf. Hippod. ap. Stob. 4.1.94 ; later πειρᾱθήσομαι Gp. 12.13.12 : aor. ἐπειρᾱσάμην, Ion. ἐπειρησάμην, Od. 8.120 , Hdt. 7.135 , Th. 2.44 ,al.; but aor. Pass. ἐπειρήθην, Att. ἐπειράθην , found in med. sense, Il. 19.384 , al., Hdt. 3.152 ,al., Th. 2.5 (v.l.), 33 , 6.92 , and in later Prose : pf. πεπείρᾱμαι, Ion.-ημαι, Od. 3.23 , Pi. Fr. 110 , Hdt. 9.46 , S. Fr. 584 , Antipho 5.1 , etc.: 3 pl. plpf. ἐπεπείραντο D.C. Fr. 24.3 , Ion. ἐπεπειρέατο Hdt. 7.125 . (From πεῖρα.)
A). Act., attempt, endeavour, try, c. inf., μήτε τις .. πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος Il. 8.8 ; πειρήσω (δύναμαἰ φηλητέων ὄρχαμος εἶναι h.Merc. 175 ; π. ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν ἐσβάλλειν Hdt. 6.84 , cf. Ar. V. 1025 , al.: folld. by ὡς .. , Il. 4.66 , Od. 2.316 , etc.; by ὅπως .. , 4.545 : c. Adj. neut., πολλὰ πειρῶντες Th. 6.38 ; πάντα Plu. 2.1122b : with inf. understood, Th. 7.32 .
II). c. gen. pers., make trial of one, μή μευ πειράτω, for the purpose of persuading, Il. 9.345 , cf. 24.433 ; of things, τευχέων A.R. 3.1249 : in hostile sense, make an attempt on, μήλων πειρήσοντα Il. 12.301 , Od. 6.134 ; οὐ πειρᾶν τῆς πόλιος, πρὶν .. Hdt. 6.82 ; π. τοῦ χωρίου Th. 1.61 ; Νισαίας Id. 4.70 ; ἀλλήλων Id. 7.38 ; νυμφείας εὐνᾶς Pi. N. 5.30 .
III). abs., ναυσὶ π. make an attempt by sea, Th. 4.25 ; π. ἐπὶ τὴν κώμην ib. 43 .
IV). c. acc. rei, experience, τύχης ἐπήρειαν Luc. Am. 46 .
2). c. acc. pers., make an attempt on a woman's honour, Ar. Eq. 517 (ubiv. Sch.), Pl. 150 , 1067 , Lys. 1.12 , X. Cyr. 5.2.28 , etc.:— Pass., πειραθεὶς ὁ Ἁρμόδιος ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου Th. 6.54 , cf. Pl. Phdr. 227c ; v. infr. B. IV, cf. πεῖρα 11 .
B). more freq. in Med., c. inf., try to do, Il. 4.5 , Hdt. 5.71 , 6.138 , al., Ar. Pl. 459 , X. Oec. 6.2 , Lys. 12.64 , Isoc. 3.41 , Pl. Tht. 186b : c. fut. inf., J. AJ 17.8.4 : the inf. is sts. understood, πειρήσεται (sc. ἀλύξαι) Od. 4.417 : folld. by εἰ, Il. 13.806 , Pl. Phd. 95b ; πειρήσεται αἴ κε θέῃσιν Il. 18.601 ; by ἐάν or ἄν, A. Pr. 327 , Pl. Lg. 638e ; by μὴ .. , lest .. , Od. 21.394 ; by ὅπως .. , X. An. 3.2.3 : c. part., freq. in Hdt., ἐπειρᾶτο ἐπιών 1.77 ; προσβαίνων ib. 84 ; π. βιώμενοι 4.139 ; π. ἀποσχίζων 6.9 , cf. 5 , 50 , 7.139 , al.; π. σκοπῶν Pl. Tht. 190e <*> c. neut. Adj., τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ π. X. Cyr. 1.5.14 .
II). most freq. (V. A. 11 ) c. gen.,
1). c. gen. pers., make trial of one, Il. 10.444 , Od. 13.336 , etc.; νῦν σεῦ, ξεῖνε, ὀΐω πειρήσεσθαι, εἰ .. 19.215 ; ἕο αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔντεσι .. εἰ οἷ ἐφαρμόσσειε Il. 19.384 ; with gen. not expressed, ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι 2.73 ; ἦ πρῶτ’ ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο test him in each particular, Od. 4.119 ( v.l. μυθήσαιτο ) ; π. θεοῦ make trial of, tempt a god, Hdt. 6.86 . γ/, cf. A. Ag. 1663 (troch.): in hostile sense, πρὶν πειρήσαιτ’ Ἀχιλῆος Il. 21.580 (with acc. cogn. added ἀέθλους .. ἐπειρήσαντ’ Ὀδυσῆος Od. 8.23 ): freq. in Hdt., esp. ἀλλήλων πειρᾶσθαι, as ἐπειρῶντο κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν ἀλλήλων 1.76 ; πειρᾶσθέ μου γυναικὸς ὡς ἀφράσμονος A. Ag. 1401 , etc.; π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου make an attempt on it, Hdt. 8.100 ; π. τοῦ τείχους Th. 2.81 .
2). c. gen. rei, make proof or trial of .. , σθένεος Il. 15.359 ; ἥβης 23.432 ; χειρῶν καὶ σθένεος π., ἢ .. ἦ .. Od. 21.282 ; try one's chance at or in a work or contest, ἔργου 18.369 ; ἀέθλου, ἀέθλων, Il. 23.707 , Od. 8.100 , etc.; παλαιμοσύνης ib. 126 ; make proof of, try a weapon, τόξου 21.159 , 180 ; νευρῆς ib. 410 (but [ὀϊστοί,] τῶν τάχ’ ἔμελλον πειρήσεσθαι arrows whose force they were soon to make trial of, i. e.feel, ib. 418 ); also, make proof of, have experience of, esp. in pf. Pass., first in Hes., νηῶν Op. 660 ; οὐ πεπειρημένοι πρότερον [οἱ] Αἰγύπτιοι Ἑλλήνων Hdt. 4.159 , cf. Pl. Phd. 118 ; πειρασάμενος ἀγαθῶν, δουλείας, Th. 2.44 , 5.69 , cf. Antipho 5.1 ; κακῶν D. 18.253 ; ὀρφανίας π., i.e. to be an orphan, Phalar. Ep. 49 ; but π. τινὸς μετρίου find him moderate by experience or on trial, Plu. Aem. 8 , cf. Arat. 43 ; also, πεπείρανται ὅτι .. Lys. 27.2 .
3). abs., try one's fortune, try the chances of war, αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ’ ἵκηται Il. 5.129 ; πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ making trial of one's powers, 16.590 ; Ἕκτορι πειρηθῆναι ἀντιβίην, ἢ .. ἦ .. to try one's fortune against him, 21.225 ; περὶ δ’ αὐτῆς πειρηθήτω (sc. τῆς ἵππου) let him try for her, as a prize, 23.553 .
III). make a trial or put a matter to the test, ἐν σοὶ πειρώμεθα Pl. Phlb. 21a : c. dat. modi, ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι Il. 5.279 ; ἐπειρήσαντο πόδεσσι tried their luck in the foot-race, Od. 8.120 , cf. 205 ; σφαίρῃ 8.377 ; also π. σὺν ἔντεσι, σὺν τεύχεσι π., Il. 5.220 , 11.386 : but in pf., οὐδέ τί πω μύθοισι πεπείρημαι I have not tried myself, have not found my skill, in words, Od. 3.23 : abs., ὁ πειραθεὶς πιστεύσει X. Eq.Mag. 1.16 ; πεπειραμένος σαφῶς οἶδα by experience, Id. Hier. 2.6 .
IV). c. acc. pers., make an attempt on (V.A.IV. 2 ), Διὸς ἄκοιτιν Pi. P. 2.34 .


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to attempt, endeavour, try

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πειράω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.8 </a>, etc.: impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἐπείρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.25 </a> : fut.-<span class="foreign greek">άσω </span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9/canonical-url/"> 9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43/canonical-url/"> 43 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐπείρᾱσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1276" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1276/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1276 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:517" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:517/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 517 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a> : pf. <span class="quote greek">πεπείρᾱκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Am.</span> 26 </a> :— Pass., aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειράθην </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">πειράζω</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> more freq. in Med. <span class="orth greek">πειράομαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.193 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.390/canonical-url/"> 24.390 </a>, etc.: fut.-<span class="foreign greek">άσομαι </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:959" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:959/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 959 </a>, etc.; Dor. 2 pl. <span class="quote greek">πειρασεῖσθε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:743" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:743/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 743 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hippod.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.1.94 </span>; later <span class="quote greek">πειρᾱθήσομαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 12.13.12 </span> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειρᾱσάμην</span>, Ion. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειρησάμην</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.135 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a>,al.; but aor. Pass. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειρήθην</span>, Att. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειράθην </span>, found in med. sense, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.384/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.384 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.152 </a>,al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.5 </a> (v.l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> 33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.92/canonical-url/"> 6.92 </a>, and in later Prose : pf. <span class="foreign greek">πεπείρᾱμαι</span>, Ion.-<span class="itype greek">ημαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 110 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.46 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:584" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:584/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 584 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.1 </a>, etc.: 3 pl. plpf. <span class="quote greek">ἐπεπείραντο</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 24.3 </span> , Ion. <span class="quote greek">ἐπεπειρέατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.125 </a> . (From <span class="foreign greek">πεῖρα</span>.) </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> Act., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">attempt, endeavour, try</span>, c. inf., <span class="quote greek">μήτε τις .. πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πειρήσω (δύναμαἰ φηλητέων ὄρχαμος εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:175/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 175 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν ἐσβάλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.84 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1025" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1025/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1025 </a>, al.: folld. by <span class="foreign greek">ὡς</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.66 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.316/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.316 </a>, etc.; by <span class="foreign greek">ὅπως</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:545" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.545/canonical-url/"> 4.545 </a> : c. Adj. neut., <span class="quote greek">πολλὰ πειρῶντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.38 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πάντα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1122b </span> : with inf. understood, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.32 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. gen. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make trial of</span> one, <span class="foreign greek">μή μευ πειράτω</span>, for the purpose of persuading, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.345 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.433/canonical-url/"> 24.433 </a>; of things, <span class="quote greek">τευχέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.1249/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.1249 </a> : in hostile sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an attempt on</span>, <span class="quote greek">μήλων πειρήσοντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:301" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.301/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.301 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.134 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ πειρᾶν τῆς πόλιος, πρὶν</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.82 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. τοῦ χωρίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.61 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Νισαίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.70 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλήλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.38 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νυμφείας εὐνᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 5.30 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> abs., <span class="foreign greek">ναυσὶ π</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an attempt</span> by sea, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.25 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἐπὶ τὴν κώμην</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:43/canonical-url/"> 43 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">experience</span>, <span class="quote greek">τύχης ἐπήρειαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Am.</span> 46 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an attempt on</span> a woman\'s honour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:517" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:517/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 517 </a> (ubiv. Sch.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:150" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:150/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 150 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1067" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1067/canonical-url/"> 1067 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 1.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.2.28 </a>, etc.:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πειραθεὶς ὁ Ἁρμόδιος ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:227c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:227c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 227c </a> ; v. infr. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> </span> IV, cf. <span class="quote greek">πεῖρα</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> more freq. in Med., c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">try to</span> do, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.71 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.138/canonical-url/"> 6.138 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 459 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 6.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg012.perseus-grc1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg012.perseus-grc1:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 12.64 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 3.41 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:186b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:186b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 186b </a> : c. fut. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:8:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 17.8.4 </a> : the inf. is sts. understood, <span class="foreign greek">πειρήσεται</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἀλύξαι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.417 </a> : folld. by <span class="foreign greek">εἰ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:806" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.806/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.806 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:95b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:95b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 95b </a>; <span class="quote greek">πειρήσεται αἴ κε θέῃσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.601 </a> ; by <span class="foreign greek">ἐάν</span> or <span class="foreign greek">ἄν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:327" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:327/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 327 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:638e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:638e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 638e </a>; by <span class="foreign greek">μὴ</span> .. , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lest</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.394/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.394 </a>; by <span class="foreign greek">ὅπως</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.2.3 </a> : c. part., freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐπειρᾶτο ἐπιών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.77/canonical-url/"> 1.77 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">προσβαίνων</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:84/canonical-url/"> 84 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. βιώμενοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.139/canonical-url/"> 4.139 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ἀποσχίζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.9/canonical-url/"> 6.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> 5 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> 50 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.139/canonical-url/"> 7.139 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">π. σκοπῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:190e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:190e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 190e </a> &lt;*&gt; c. neut. Adj., <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:5:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:5:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.5.14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> most freq. (V.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> 11 </span>) c. gen., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> c. gen. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make trial of</span> one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:444" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.444/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.444 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:336" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.336/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.336 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">νῦν σεῦ, ξεῖνε, ὀΐω πειρήσεσθαι, εἰ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.215/canonical-url/"> 19.215 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἕο αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔντεσι .. εἰ οἷ ἐφαρμόσσειε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.384/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.384 </a> ; with gen. not expressed, <span class="quote greek">ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.73/canonical-url/"> 2.73 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἦ πρῶτ’ ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">test</span> him in each particular, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.119 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">μυθήσαιτο</span> )<span class="foreign greek"> ; π. θεοῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make trial of, tempt</span> a god, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.86 </a>. <span class="foreign greek">γ/</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1663" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1663/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1663 </a> (troch.): in hostile sense, <span class="quote greek">πρὶν πειρήσαιτ’ Ἀχιλῆος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:580" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.580/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.580 </a> (with acc. cogn. added <span class="quote greek">ἀέθλους .. ἐπειρήσαντ’ Ὀδυσῆος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.23 </a> ): freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span></span>, esp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλήλων πειρᾶσθαι</span>, as <span class="quote greek">ἐπειρῶντο κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν ἀλλήλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.76/canonical-url/"> 1.76 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πειρᾶσθέ μου γυναικὸς ὡς ἀφράσμονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1401 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an attempt</span> on it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.100 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. τοῦ τείχους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.81 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. gen. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make proof</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trial of</span> .. , <span class="quote greek">σθένεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:359" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.359/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.359 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἥβης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:432" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.432/canonical-url/"> 23.432 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χειρῶν καὶ σθένεος π., ἢ .. ἦ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.282 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">try one\'s chance at</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> a work or contest, <span class="quote greek">ἔργου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.369/canonical-url/"> 18.369 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀέθλου, ἀέθλων</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:707" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.707/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.707 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.100 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">παλαιμοσύνης</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:126/canonical-url/"> 126 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make proof of, try</span> a weapon, <span class="quote greek">τόξου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.159/canonical-url/"> 21.159 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:180/canonical-url/"> 180 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">νευρῆς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:410/canonical-url/"> 410 </a> (but [<span class="foreign greek">ὀϊστοί,] τῶν τάχ’ ἔμελλον πειρήσεσθαι</span> arrows whose force they were soon <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to make trial of</span>, i. e.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feel</span>, ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:418/canonical-url/"> 418 </a>); also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make proof of, have experience of</span>, esp. in pf. Pass., first in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">νηῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:660" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:660/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 660 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐ πεπειρημένοι πρότερον [οἱ] Αἰγύπτιοι Ἑλλήνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.159 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 118 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πειρασάμενος ἀγαθῶν, δουλείας</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.69/canonical-url/"> 5.69 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:253" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:253/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.253 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀρφανίας π</span>., i.e. to be an orphan, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0053.tlg001:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0053.tlg001:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phalar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 49 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">π. τινὸς μετρίου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">find</span> him moderate <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by experience</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on trial</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg019:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg019:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aem.</span> 8 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg063:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg063:43/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arat.</span> 43 </a>; also, <span class="foreign greek">πεπείρανται ὅτι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg027.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg027.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 27.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">try one\'s fortune, try the chances of war</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ’ ἵκηται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.129 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">making trial of one\'s powers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:590" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.590/canonical-url/"> 16.590 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἕκτορι πειρηθῆναι ἀντιβίην, ἢ .. ἦ</span> .. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to try one\'s fortune</span> against him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.225/canonical-url/"> 21.225 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ δ’ αὐτῆς πειρηθήτω</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τῆς ἵππου</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> him <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">try</span> for her, as a prize, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:553" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.553/canonical-url/"> 23.553 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make a trial</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">put</span> a matter <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to the test</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐν σοὶ πειρώμεθα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:21a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:21a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 21a </a> : c. dat. modi, <span class="quote greek">ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.279 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπειρήσαντο πόδεσσι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tried their luck</span> in the foot-race, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.120 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:205/canonical-url/"> 205 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σφαίρῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:377" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.377/canonical-url/"> 8.377 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">π. σὺν ἔντεσι, σὺν τεύχεσι π</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:220" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.220/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.220 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.386/canonical-url/"> 11.386 </a> : but in pf., <span class="foreign greek">οὐδέ τί πω μύθοισι πεπείρημαι</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tried myself, have</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">found my skill</span>, in words, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.23 </a> : abs., <span class="quote greek">ὁ πειραθεὶς πιστεύσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.Mag.</span> 1.16 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πεπειραμένος σαφῶς οἶδα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by experience</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:2.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 2.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> c. acc. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an attempt on</span> (V.A.IV.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>), <span class="quote greek">Διὸς ἄκοιτιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.34 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}