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πεῖρα , ας (Ion. πεῖρα, acc. πεῖραν, gen. -ης), Aeol. πέρρα Choerob. in An. Ox. 2.252 : :—
A.trial, attempt, “π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχάAlcm.63 ; opp. δόξα, Thgn.571 ; “πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πωS.Tr. 591 ; “πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσεινId.El.471 ; “πείρᾳ σφαλῆναιTh. 1.70 ; ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ π. Id.3.3 ; “πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖταιTheoc. 15.62 ; πεῖραν ἔχοντες being proved, Pi. N. 4.76 ; but πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have experience of . . , X. Cyr.4.1.5 ; π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι . . Id.An. 3.2.16 ; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves a trial of your resolution, Th. 1.140 ; πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν or λαβεῖν to make trial or proof of . . , E. Fr.691, Isoc. 12.236, Pl. Grg.448a, X. An.6.6.33, etc. ; also, gain experience of . . , ἐν ἑαυτῷ ib. 5.8.15 ; “π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχειPl. Prt. 342a ; “π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγειId.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 δοῦναιTh. 6.11 ; “π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναιD.18.107, cf. 195 ; “π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντεςPl. Prt. 348a ; “πεῖραν ποιήσασθαιTh. 1.53 ; π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ . . Id.2.20 ; “ταῖς π. βασανίζεινArist. GA747a3 ; “πεῖραν καθεῖναιAel. VH2.13, cf. NA1.39 ; π. δέξασθαι undertake, Plu.Pyrrh. 5.
II. attempt on or against one, πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι a means of attacking . . , S. Aj. 2 ; “τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ φυλακτέονA. Th. 499 ; esp. attempt to seduce a woman, Plu. Thes. 26, Cim. 1 : abs., attempt, enterprise, A. Pers. 719 (troch.), Th. 3.20 ; πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν to go forth upon an enterprise, S. Aj. 290 ; cf. πειρατής. (Cf. Lat. experior, peritus.
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