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πεῖρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεῖρα πεῖρας

Structure: πειρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. trial, experiment, attempt

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τάσ γ’ ἑταίρασ φασὶ τὰσ Κορινθίασ, ὅταν μὲν αὐτάσ τισ πένησ πειρῶν τύχῃ, οὐδὲ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν, ἐὰν δὲ πλούσιοσ, τὸν πρωκτὸν αὐτὰσ εὐθὺσ ὡσ τοῦτον τρέπειν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 3:44)
  • ἀρθεὶσ δὲ μέγασ καὶ τιμηθεὶσ ὡσ οὐδεὶσ πώποτ’ ἐν ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἐκτελέσαι φησὶν ἐπαρθεὶσ οὐδ’ ὀγκῶσαι τὸ φρόνημα, οὐδὲ παλαίστρασ περικωμάζειν πειρῶν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, parabasis5)
  • τούτου Ῥωμαῖοσ ἡγεμὼν σπείρασ τινὸσ ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ διαχειμαζούσησ ἐρασθεὶσ ἄρτι τὴν παιδικὴν ἡλικίαν παρηλλαχότοσ, ὡσ οὐκ ἔπειθε πειρῶν καὶ διδούσ, δῆλοσ ἦν οὐκ ἀφεξόμενοσ βίασ, ἅτε δὴ καὶ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἡμῶν τότε λυπρὰ πραττούσησ καὶ διὰ μικρότητα καὶ πενίαν παρορωμένησ. (Plutarch, , chapter 1 2:1)
  • τὴν δὲ αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα πειρῶν ὡσ ἕτεροσ ἔπεμψεν αὐτῇ χιλίουσ Δαρεικούσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 47 1:1)
  • ἐκ τούτου Καὶ ὁ Μενδήσιοσ ἔπεμπε πειρῶν τὸν Ἀγησίλαον. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 38 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. trial

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