πέρας
πέρᾰς, Ep.
πεῖραρ (q.v.),
ᾰτος,
τό,
A). end, limit, boundary,
II).generally,
limit, either opp.
ἀρχή,
Arist. Ph. 264b27 , or including it,
τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου Pl. Prm. 137d , cf.
Arist. GA 777b29 ,
Metaph. 1022a4 ;
οὐκ ἔχων π. κακῶν E. Andr. 1216 , cf.
Or. 511 ,
A. Pers. 632 ,
Lys. 12.88 , etc.;
π. ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος D. 18.97 , cf.
Arist. EN 1115a26 ;
εἰ π. μηδὲν ἔσται σφίσι τοῦ ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ κινδύνου Th. 7.42 ;
π. ἔχειν, =
περαίνεσθαι ,
come to an end,
Isoc. 4.5 ,
Lycurg. 60 , etc.;
π. λαμβάνειν Plb. 5.31.2 ;
ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π.
Arist. GA 776a4 ;
ἐν π. εἶναι Thphr. CP 5.18.2 .
b). Philos.,
τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς,
Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U. ,
Sent. 20 ;
ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν π. κατακέκλειται τἀγαθόν Metrod. Herc. 831.8 .
III). final decision,
[οἱ] τὸ π. ἔχοντες τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἁπάντων δικαίων the supreme court, from which there is no appeal,
Din. 3.16 .
IV). πέρας as Adv.,
at length, at last,
Aeschin. 1.61 ,
Plb. 2.55.6 , etc.;
πέρας δ’ οὖν D. 56.10 ;
τὸ π.
Lys. 9.17 ,
Alex. 261.13 ; but also,
τὸ π. 'to cut a long story short',
Men. Epit. 70 ,
316 ,
470 . [In Aeol. the first syll. is short in
Alc. 33 , long in
84 .]
ShortDef
an end, limit, boundary
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
πέρας
Headword (normalized/stripped):
περας
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πέρᾰς</span>, Ep. <span class="orth greek">πεῖραρ</span> (q.v.), <span class="itype greek">ᾰτος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end, limit, boundary</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> in local sense, <span class="quote greek">ἐκ περάτων γᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 33.1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.69 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π.. . αὔλ<ε>ιος θύρα ἐλευθέρα γυναικὶ νενόμιστ’ οἰκίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:546" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:546/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 546 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tip</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ αἰδοίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:773a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:773a.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 773a21 </a> ;[<span class="foreign greek">τῆς ῥινός</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).28 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τισὶ τὰ π. ἀλγέει</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extremities</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SD</span> 1.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span>generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">limit</span>, either opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχή</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:264b:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:264b.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 264b27 </a>, or including it, <span class="quote greek">τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:137d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:137d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prm.</span> 137d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:777b:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:777b.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 777b29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1022a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1022a.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1022a4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔχων π. κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 1216 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:511/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 511 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:632" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:632/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 632 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg012.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg012.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 12.88 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">π. ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.97 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1115a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1115a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1115a26 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰ π. μηδὲν ἔσται σφίσι τοῦ ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ κινδύνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.42 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἔχειν,</span> = <span class="ref greek">περαίνεσθαι</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come to an end</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 60 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">π. λαμβάνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:31:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:31:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.31.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:776a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:776a.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 776a4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν π. εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:5:18:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:5:18:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 5.18.2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">perfection</span> of a thing, <span class="quote greek">τὸ π. τῆς μαγειρικῆς .. εὑρηκέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0464.tlg001:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0464.tlg001:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hegesipp.Com.</span> 1.4 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0464.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0464.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> 10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:26:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:26.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Posidipp.</span> 26.17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> Philos., <span class="foreign greek">τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:3p.65U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:3p.65U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 3p.65U. </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg001:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg001:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 20 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν π. κατακέκλειται τἀγαθόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Metrod.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herc.</span> 831.8 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end, object</span>, <span class="foreign greek">εὐχῆς, ἐλπίδος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg060:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg060:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 2 </a> sq. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Philos., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that which limits</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">has limits</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἄπειρον</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:986a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:986a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 986a23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:30a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:30a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 30a </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ἐλάχιστα καὶ ἀμιγῆ π. [τῆς ἀτόμου]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.17U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:1p.17U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 1p.17U. </a> : Com., of a person, <span class="foreign greek">τὸν καλούμενον Π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0493.tlg001:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0493.tlg001:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philosteph.Com.</span> 1.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">final decision</span>, <span class="foreign greek">[οἱ] τὸ π. ἔχοντες τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἁπάντων δικαίων</span> the supreme court, from which there is no appeal, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 3.16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">πέρας</span> as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at length, at last</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.61 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:55:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:55:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.55.6 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">πέρας δ’ οὖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg056.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg056.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 56.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg009.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg009.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 9.17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:261:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:261.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 261.13 </a> ; but also, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π</span>. \'to cut a long story short\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 70 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:316/canonical-url/"> 316 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:470" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:470/canonical-url/"> 470 </a>. [In Aeol. the first syll. is short in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 33 </a>, long in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:84/canonical-url/"> 84 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}