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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

  • δίκαιον οὖν οὐχ ὑμᾶσ, οἳ δικάζετε νῦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ γράμματα τῆσ πείρασ ἔχειν τινὰ φυλακὴν εἰ γὰρ ἐξέσται τοῖσ βουλομένοισ ἀπὸ τῆσ καθ’ αὑτὰ τάξεωσ ἐσ ἀλλοτρίαν βιάζεσθαι καὶ τοῦτο ἐπιτρέψετε ὑμεῖσ, ὧν χωρὶσ οὐδὲν καθόλου τι γράφεται, οὐχ ὁρῶ τίνα τρόπον αἱ συντάξεισ τὰ νόμιμα, ἐφ’ οἷσ ἐτάχθη τὰ κατ’ ἀρχάσ, ἕξουσιν. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 2:4)
  • εἰ δέ μοι πεισθείησ ποτὲ καὶ ὅσον πείρασ ἕνεκα παράσχοισ σεαυτὸν ἀναπετάσασ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμούσ, εὖ οἶδα ὡσ οὐκ ἀνάσχοιο ἂν μὴ οὐχὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων θέαν ἐν ἐπιτηδείῳ καταλαμβάνων ὅθεν καὶ ὄψει ἀκριβῶσ καὶ ἀκούσῃ ἅπαντα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 5:6)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ὑπήκουέ μοι τὸ χρῆμα, τολμηρότερον ἤδη τῆσ πείρασ ἡπτόμην, καὶ ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀφῆκα ἐμαυτὸν κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ φέρων ἐσ αὐτὸ τὸ θέατρον. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 10:10)
  • καὶ τέχνην οὕτω φασὶν ἐκ πείρασ συνερανιζομένην μεγάλην γενέσθαι. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 2 6:3)
  • ὡσ τόν γε ἄνευ πείρασ αἱρούμενον μαντείᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ κρίσει τἀληθὲσ ἀναζητοῦντα. (Lucian, 101:5)

Synonyms

  1. trial

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