πειράω (πεῖρα), inf. πειρᾶν, fut.
πειρήσω, mid. 2 sing. πειρᾷ, πειρᾶται, ipf. (ἐ)πειρώμην, fut. πειρήσομαι, aor. (ἐ)πειρησάμην, perf. πεπείρημαι: make trial of, test, put to
proof (τινός), try,
attempt, abs. and w. inf., also w. εἰ,
ὡς, or ὅπως, mid., the same
subjectively; in hostile sense, attack, Il. 12.301, Od.
6.134; rarely w. acc., Il.
18.601, Od. 4.119, Od. 24.238.