4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of πείρησαι:
πειράω (attempt, endeavour, try): pres ind mp 2nd sg
πειράω (attempt, endeavour, try): aor imperat mid 2nd sg (attic ionic)
LSJ entry
πειράω
πειράω
,
Il. 8.8
,
etc.
:
impf.
ἐπείρων
Th. 4.25
:
fut.
-
άσω
[ᾱ]
ib.
9
,
43
:
aor.
ἐπείρᾱσα
S. OC 1276
,
Ar. Eq. 517
,
Th. 6.54
:
pf.
πεπείρᾱκα
Luc. Am. 26
:—
Pass.
,
aor.
ἐπειράθην
[ᾱ]
Th. 6.54
;
cf.
πειράζω
.
M B.
more
freq.
in
Med.
πειράομαι
,
Il. 2.193
,
24.390
,
etc.
:
fut.
-
άσομαι
[ᾱ]
S. OC 959
,
etc.;
Dor.
2
pl.
πειρασεῖσθε
Ar. Ach. 743
,
cf.
Hippod.
ap.
Stob.
4.1.94;
later
πειρᾱθήσομαι
Gp.
12.13.12 :
aor.
ἐπειρᾱσάμην
,
Ion.
ἐπειρησάμην
,
Od. 8.120
,
Hdt. 7.135
,
Th. 2.44
,al.;
but
aor.
Pass.
ἐπειρήθην
,
Att.
ἐπειράθην
[ᾱ]
,
found
in
med.
sense,
Il. 19.384
,
al.,
Hdt. 3.152
,al.,
Th. 2.5
(v.l.),
33
,
6.92
,
and
in
later
Prose
:
pf.
πεπείρᾱμαι
,
Ion.
-
ημαι
,
Od. 3.23
,
Pi. Fr. 110
,
Hdt. 9.46
,
S. Fr. 584
,
Antipho 5.1
,
etc.
: 3
pl.
plpf.
ἐπεπείραντο
D.C.
Fr.
24.3,
Ion.
ἐπεπειρέατο
Hdt. 7.125
.
(From
πεῖρα
.)
A.
Act.
,
attempt,
endeavour,
try
,
c.
inf.
,
μήτε
τις
.
.
πειράτω
διακέρσαι
ἐμὸν
ἔπος
Il. 8.8
;
πειρήσω
(δύναμαι)
φηλητέων
ὄρχαμος
εἶναι
h.Merc. 175
;
π.
ἐς
τὴν
Μηδικὴν
ἐσβάλλειν
Hdt. 6.84
,
cf.
Ar. V. 1025
,
al.
:
folld.
by
ὡς
. . ,
Il. 4.66
,
Od. 2.316
,
etc.;
by
ὅπως
. . ,
4.545
:
c.
Adj.
neut.,
πολλὰ
πειρῶντες
Th. 6.38
;
πάντα
Plu.
2.1122b
:
with
inf.
understood,
Th. 7.32
.
II.
c.
gen.
pers.,
make
trial
of
one,
μή
μευ
πειράτω
,
for
the
purpose
of
persuading,
Il. 9.345
,
cf.
24.433
;
of
things,
τευχέων
A.R. 3.1249
:
in
hostile
sense,
make
an
attempt
on
,
μήλων
πειρήσοντα
Il. 12.301
,
Od. 6.134
;
οὐ
πειρᾶν
τῆς
πόλιος,
πρὶν
. .
Hdt. 6.82
;
π.
τοῦ
χωρίου
Th. 1.61
;
Νισαίας
Id. 4.70
;
ἀλλήλων
Id. 7.38
;
νυμφείας
εὐνᾶς
Pi. N. 5.30
.
III.
abs.,
ναυσὶ
π
.
make
an
attempt
by
sea,
Th. 4.25
;
π.
ἐπὶ
τὴν
κώμην
ib.
43
.
IV.
c.
acc.
rei,
experience
,
τύχης
ἐπήρειαν
Luc. Am. 46
.
2.
c.
acc.
pers.,
make
an
attempt
on
a
womanʼs
honour,
Ar. Eq. 517
(ubiv.
Sch.),
Pl. 150
,
1067
,
Lys. 1.12
,
X. Cyr. 5.2.28
,
etc.
:—
Pass.
,
πειραθεὶς
ὁ
Ἁρμόδιος
ὑπὸ
Ἱππάρχου
Th. 6.54
,
cf.
Pl. Phdr. 227c
;
v.
infr.
B.
IV,
cf.
πεῖρα
II
.
B.
more
freq.
in
Med.
,
c.
inf.
,
try
to
do,
Il. 4.5
,
Hdt. 5.71
,
6.138
,
al.,
Ar. Pl. 459
,
X. Oec. 6.2
,
Lys. 12.64
,
Isoc. 3.41
,
Pl. Tht. 186b
:
c.
fut.
inf.
,
J. AJ 17.8.4
:
the
inf.
is
sts.
understood,
πειρήσεται
(sc.
ἀλύξαι
)
Od. 4.417
:
folld.
by
εἰ
,
Il. 13.806
,
Pl. Phd. 95b
;
πειρήσεται
αἴ
κε
θέῃσιν
Il. 18.601
;
by
ἐάν
or
ἄν
,
A. Pr. 327
,
Pl. Lg. 638e
;
by
μὴ
. . ,
lest
. . ,
Od. 21.394
;
by
ὅπως
. . ,
X. An. 3.2.3
:
c.
part.
,
freq.
in
Hdt.
,
ἐπειρᾶτο
ἐπιών
1.77
;
προσβαίνων
ib.
84
;
π.
βιώμενοι
4.139
;
π.
ἀποσχίζων
6.9
,
cf.
5
,
50
,
7.139
,
al.;
π.
σκοπῶν
Pl. Tht. 190e
;
c.
neut.
Adj.
,
τὰ
μεγάλα
καὶ
τὰ
μικρὰ
π
.
X. Cyr. 1.5.14
.
II.
most
freq.
(v.
A.
II)
c.
gen.,
1.
c.
gen.
pers.,
make
trial
of
one,
Il. 10.444
,
Od. 13.336
,
etc.;
νῦν
σεῦ,
ξεῖνε,
ὀΐω
πειρήσεσθαι,
εἰ
. .
19.215
;
ἕο
αὐτοῦ
ἐν
ἔντεσι
.
.
εἰ
οἷ
ἐφαρμόσσειε
Il. 19.384
;
with
gen.
not
expressed,
ἔπεσιν
πειρήσομαι
2.73
;
ἦ
πρῶτʼ
ἐξερέοιτο
ἕκαστά
τε
πειρήσαιτο
test
him
in
each
particular,
Od. 4.119
(v.l.
μυθήσαιτο)
;
π.
θεοῦ
make
trial
of,
tempt
a
god,
Hdt. 6.86.γʹ
,
cf.
A. Ag. 1663
(troch.)
:
in
hostile
sense,
πρὶν
πειρήσαιτʼ
Ἀχιλῆος
Il. 21.580
(with
acc.
cogn.
added
ἀέθλους
.
.
ἐπειρήσαντʼ
Ὀδυσῆος
Od. 8.23
) :
freq.
in
Hdt.
,
esp.
ἀλλήλων
πειρᾶσθαι
,
as
ἐπειρῶντο
κατὰ
τὸ
ἰσχυρὸν
ἀλλήλων
1.76
;
πειρᾶσθέ
μου
γυναικὸς
ὡς
ἀφράσμονος
A. Ag. 1401
,
etc.;
π.
τῆς
Πελοποννήσου
make
an
attempt
on
it,
Hdt. 8.100
;
π.
τοῦ
τείχους
Th. 2.81
.
2.
c.
gen.
rei,
make
proof
or
trial
of
. . ,
σθένεος
Il. 15.359
;
ἥβης
23.432
;
χειρῶν
καὶ
σθένεος
π.,
ἢ
.
.
ἦ
. .
Od. 21.282
;
try
oneʼs
chance
at
or
in
a
work
or
contest,
ἔργου
18.369
;
ἀέθλου,
ἀέθλων
,
Il. 23.707
,
Od. 8.100
,
etc.;
παλαιμοσύνης
ib.
126
;
make
proof
of,
try
a
weapon,
τόξου
21.159
,
180
;
νευρῆς
ib.
410
(but
[
ὀϊστοί,]
τῶν
τάχʼ
ἔμελλον
πειρήσεσθαι
arrows
whose
force
they
were
soon
to
make
trial
of
,
i.
e.
feel
,
ib.
418
);
also,
make
proof
of,
have
experience
of
,
esp.
in
pf.
Pass.
,
first
in
Hes.
,
νηῶν
Op. 660
;
οὐ
πεπειρημένοι
πρότερον
[οἱ]
Αἰγύπτιοι
Ἑλλήνων
Hdt. 4.159
,
cf.
Pl. Phd. 118
;
πειρασάμενος
ἀγαθῶν,
δουλείας
,
Th. 2.44
,
5.69
,
cf.
Antipho 5.1
;
κακῶν
D. 18.253
;
ὀρφανίας
π
.,
i.e.
to
be
an
orphan,
Phalar. Ep. 49
;
but
π.
τινὸς
μετρίου
find
him
moderate
by
experience
or
on
trial
,
Plu. Aem. 8
,
cf.
Arat. 43
;
also,
πεπείρανται
ὅτι
. .
Lys. 27.2
.
3.
abs.,
try
oneʼs
fortune,
try
the
chances
of
war
,
αἴ
κε
θεὸς
πειρώμενος
ἐνθάδʼ
ἵκηται
Il. 5.129
;
πειρώμενος
ἢ
ἐν
ἀέθλῳ
ἠὲ
καὶ
ἐν
πολέμῳ
making
trial
of
oneʼs
powers
,
16.590
;
Ἕκτορι
πειρηθῆναι
ἀντιβίην,
ἢ
.
.
ἦ
. .
to
try
oneʼs
fortune
against
him,
21.225
;
περὶ
δʼ
αὐτῆς
πειρηθήτω
(sc.
τῆς
ἵππου
)
let
him
try
for
her,
as
a
prize,
23.553
.
III.
make
a
trial
or
put
a
matter
to
the
test
,
ἐν
σοὶ
πειρώμεθα
Pl. Phlb. 21a
:
c.
dat.
modi,
ἐγχείῃ
πειρήσομαι
Il. 5.279
;
ἐπειρήσαντο
πόδεσσι
tried
their
luck
in
the
foot-race,
Od. 8.120
,
cf.
205
;
σφαίρῃ
8.377
;
also
π.
σὺν
ἔντεσι,
σὺν
τεύχεσι
π
.,
Il. 5.220
,
11.386
:
but
in
pf.
,
οὐδέ
τί
πω
μύθοισι
πεπείρημαι
I
have
not
tried
myself,
have
not
found
my
skill
,
in
words,
Od. 3.23
:
abs.,
ὁ
πειραθεὶς
πιστεύσει
X. Eq.Mag. 1.16
;
πεπειραμένος
σαφῶς
οἶδα
by
experience
,
Id. Hier. 2.6
.
IV.
c.
acc.
pers.,
make
an
attempt
on
(v.
A.IV.2),
Διὸς
ἄκοιτιν
Pi. P. 2.34
.