LogeionPerseus analysis of ἔπειραν:
πείρω (pierce, run through): aor ind act 3rd pl
LSJ entry
πείρω
πείρω,
aor. 1
ἔπειρα,
Ep. πεῖρα Il. 7.317,
etc. :—
Pass.,
pf. πέπαρμαι 1.246,
etc. :
aor. ἐπάρην [ᾰ] (
ἀνα-)
Hdt. 4.94 :—
A. pierce, run through,
mostly of cooking, κρέα τʼ ὤπτων, ἄλλα τʼ ἔπειρον they spitted meat, Od. 3.33,
cf. Paus. 4.17.1 ;
in full, μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρʼ ἐπισταμένως πεῖράν τʼ ὀβελοῖσιν Il. 7.317 ;
ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν they stuck the meat round (i.e. on) the spits, 1.465;
also ἔγχεϊ νύξε . . διὰ δʼ αὐτοῦ πεῖρεν ὀδόντων ran it through his teeth, 16.405 :
c. acc., τόν γε φίλης διὰ χειρὸς ἔπειρεν αἰχμῇ 20.479;
ἰχθῦς ὣς πείροντες Od. 10.124,
cf. Ach. Tat.3.4 (
Pass.);
τῇ τριαίνῃ . . ἔπειρε καὶ ἀνεῖλε Str. 13.1.38 :—
Pass.,
σκῆπτρον, δέπας χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον,
studded with golden nails, Il. 1.246,
11.633;
ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος pierced with pain, 5.399,
Archil. 84 (also π. ἀμφʼ ὀδύνῃσι A.R. 4.1067);
περὶ δουρὶ πεπαρμένη Il. 21.577 ;
ἀμφʼ ὀνύχεσσι Hes. Op. 205.