Strong G3987πειράω
to try
- Transliteration
- peiraō
- Pronunciation
- pi-rah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3984; to test (subjectively) that is (reflexively) to attempt: - assay.
Detailed definition
πειράω more commonly as depon., πειράομαι,
[in LXX for נָסָה;]
to try, attempt: Act.26:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָסָה;]
to try, attempt: Act.26:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3987 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- assay1
- go1
First verses
- Acts 9:26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
- Acts 26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πειράω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.8, etc.)]: imperfect
A ἐπείρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25:)]future -άσω [ᾱ] [Refs ([prev. work] 9, 43)]: aorist ἐπείρᾱσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1276, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 517, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]: perfect πεπείρᾱκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 26:)] —passive, aorist ἐπειράθην [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]; compare πειράζω.
B more frequently in middle πειράομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.193, 24.390, etc.:)]future -άσομαι [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 959, etc.)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural πειρασεῖσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 743, cf. Hippodamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.1.94; later πειρᾱθήσομαι “Geoponica” 12.13.12:)]aorist ἐπειρᾱσάμην, Ionic dialect ἐπειρησάμην, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.120, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, +others)]; but aorist passive ἐπειρήθην, Attic dialect ἐπειράθην [ᾱ], found in middle sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.384, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.152, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5 (variant), 33, 6.92, and in later Prose:)]perfect πεπείρᾱμαι, Ionic dialect -ημαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.23, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 110, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.46, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.1, etc.)]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐπεπείραντο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 24.3)], Ionic dialect ἐπεπειρέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.125. (From πεῖρα.))]
A active, attempt, endeavour, try, with infinitive, μήτε τις.. πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.8; πειρήσω (δύναμαι) φηλητέων ὄρχαμος εἶναι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 175; π. ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν ἐσβάλλειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.84, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1025, +others: followed by ὡς.., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.66, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.316, etc.; by ὅπως.., 4.545)]: with adjective neuter, πολλὰ πειρῶντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38; πάντα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1122b)]: with infinitive understood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.32.)]
A.II with genitive person, make trial of one, μή μευ πειράτω, for the purpose of persuading, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, compare 24.433)]; of things, τευχέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1249)]: in hostile sense, make an attempt on, μήλων πειρήσοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.301, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.134)]; οὐ πειρᾶν τῆς πόλιος, πρὶν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82; π. τοῦ χωρίου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61; Νισαίας [prev. author] 4.70; ἀλλήλων [prev. author] 7.38; νυμφείας εὐνᾶς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.30.)]
A.III absolutely, ναυσὶ π. make an attempt by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; π. ἐπὶ τὴν κώμην [prev. work] 43.)]
A.IV with accusative of things, experience, τύχης ἐπήρειαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 46.)]
A.IV.2 with accusative person, make an attempt on a woman's honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 517 (ubiv. Scholia), “Pl.” 150, 1067, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.28, etc.)]:—passive, πειραθεὶς ὁ Ἁρμόδιος ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV, compare πεῖρα 11.)]
B more frequently in middle, with infinitive, try to do, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, 6.138, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 459, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.64, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 186b)]: with future infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.8.4: the)]infinitive is sometimes understood, πειρήσεται (i.e. ἀλύξαι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.417: followed by εἰ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.806, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95b; πειρήσεται αἴ κε θέῃσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.601)]; by ἐάν or ἄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 327, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 638e)]; by μὴ.., lest.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.394)]; by ὅπως.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.3)]: with participle, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ἐπειρᾶτο ἐπιών 1.77)]; προσβαίνων[Refs ([prev. work] 84; π. βιώμενοι 4.139; π. ἀποσχίζων 6.9, compare 5, 50, 7.139, +others)]; π. σκοπῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e)]?? with neuter adjective, τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.14.)]
B.II most frequently (V.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11) with _genitive_,)]
B.II.1 with genitive person, make trial of one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.444, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.336, etc.)]; νῦν σεῦ, ξεῖνε, ὀΐω πειρήσεσθαι, εἰ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (.. 19.215; ἕο αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔντεσι.. εἰ οἷ ἐφαρμόσσειε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.384; with _genitive_ not expressed, ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι 2.73)]; ἦ πρῶτ᾽ ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο test him in each particular, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.119 (variant{μυθήσαιτο}))]; π. θεοῦ make trial of, tempt a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86. γ,compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1663 (troch.))]: in hostile sense, πρὶν πειρήσαιτ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.580 (with _accusative_ _cognate_ added ἀέθλους.. ἐπειρήσαντ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.23): frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, especially ἀλλήλων πειρᾶσθαι, as ἐπειρῶντο κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν ἀλλήλων 1.76; πειρᾶσθέ μου γυναικὸς ὡς ἀφράσμονος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1401, etc.)]; π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου make an attempt on it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; π. τοῦ τείχους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81.)]
B.II.2 with genitive of things, make proof or trial of.., σθένεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.359; ἥβης 23.432)]; χειρῶν καὶ σθένεος π., ἢ.. ἦ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.282)]; try one's chance at or in a work or contest, ἔργου [Refs (18.369)]; ἀέθλου, ἀέθλων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.707, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.100, etc.; παλαιμοσύνης [prev. work] 126)]; make proof of, try a weapon, τόξου [Refs (21.159, 180; νευρῆς [prev. work] 410 (but [ὀϊστοί,] τῶν τάχ᾽ ἔμελλον πειρήσεσθαι)] arrows whose force they were soon to make trial of, i. e.feel, [Refs ([prev. work] 418))]; also, make proof of, have experience of, especially in perfect passive, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, νηῶν “Op.” 660; οὐ πεπειρημένοι πρότερον [οἱ] Αἰγύπτιοι Ἑλλήνων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.159, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 118)]; πειρασάμενος ἀγαθῶν, δουλείας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, 5.69, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.1; κακῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253)]; ὀρφανίας π., i.e. to be an orphan, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 49)]; but π. τινὸς μετρίου find him moderate by experience or on trial, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 8, compare “Arat.” 43)]; also, πεπείρανται ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.2.)]
B.II.3 absolutely, try one's fortune, try the chances of war, αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ᾽ ἵκηται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.129)]; πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ making trial of one's powers, [Refs (16.590)]; Ἕκτορι πειρηθῆναι ἀντιβίην, ἢ.. ἦ.. to try one's fortune against him, [Refs (21.225)]; περὶ δ᾽ αὐτῆς πειρηθήτω (i.e. τῆς ἵππου) let him try for her, as a prize, [Refs (23.553.)]
B.III make a trial or put a matter to the test, ἐν σοὶ πειρώμεθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 21a: with _dative_ modi, ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.279)]; ἐπειρήσαντο πόδεσσι tried their luck in the foot-race, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.120, compare 205; σφαίρῃ 8.377)]; also π. σὺν ἔντεσι, σὺν τεύχεσι π., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.220, 11.386: but in)]perfect, οὐδέ τί πω μύθοισι πεπείρημαι I have not tried myself, have not found my skill, in words, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.23: _absolutely_, ὁ πειραθεὶς πιστεύσει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.16)]; πεπειραμένος σαφῶς οἶδα by experience, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hier.” 2.6.)]
B.IV with accusative person, make an attempt on[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((V.A.IV. 2), Διὸς ἄκοιτιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.34.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.8, etc.)]: imperfect
A ἐπείρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25:)]future -άσω [ᾱ] [Refs ([prev. work] 9, 43)]: aorist ἐπείρᾱσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1276, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 517, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]: perfect πεπείρᾱκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 26:)] —passive, aorist ἐπειράθην [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]; compare πειράζω.
B more frequently in middle πειράομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.193, 24.390, etc.:)]future -άσομαι [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 959, etc.)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural πειρασεῖσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 743, cf. Hippodamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.1.94; later πειρᾱθήσομαι “Geoponica” 12.13.12:)]aorist ἐπειρᾱσάμην, Ionic dialect ἐπειρησάμην, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.120, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, +others)]; but aorist passive ἐπειρήθην, Attic dialect ἐπειράθην [ᾱ], found in middle sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.384, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.152, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5 (variant), 33, 6.92, and in later Prose:)]perfect πεπείρᾱμαι, Ionic dialect -ημαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.23, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 110, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.46, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.1, etc.)]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐπεπείραντο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 24.3)], Ionic dialect ἐπεπειρέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.125. (From πεῖρα.))]
A active, attempt, endeavour, try, with infinitive, μήτε τις.. πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.8; πειρήσω (δύναμαι) φηλητέων ὄρχαμος εἶναι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 175; π. ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν ἐσβάλλειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.84, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1025, +others: followed by ὡς.., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.66, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.316, etc.; by ὅπως.., 4.545)]: with adjective neuter, πολλὰ πειρῶντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38; πάντα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1122b)]: with infinitive understood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.32.)]
A.II with genitive person, make trial of one, μή μευ πειράτω, for the purpose of persuading, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, compare 24.433)]; of things, τευχέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1249)]: in hostile sense, make an attempt on, μήλων πειρήσοντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.301, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.134)]; οὐ πειρᾶν τῆς πόλιος, πρὶν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82; π. τοῦ χωρίου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61; Νισαίας [prev. author] 4.70; ἀλλήλων [prev. author] 7.38; νυμφείας εὐνᾶς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.30.)]
A.III absolutely, ναυσὶ π. make an attempt by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; π. ἐπὶ τὴν κώμην [prev. work] 43.)]
A.IV with accusative of things, experience, τύχης ἐπήρειαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 46.)]
A.IV.2 with accusative person, make an attempt on a woman's honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 517 (ubiv. Scholia), “Pl.” 150, 1067, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.28, etc.)]:—passive, πειραθεὶς ὁ Ἁρμόδιος ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c)]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV, compare πεῖρα 11.)]
B more frequently in middle, with infinitive, try to do, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, 6.138, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 459, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.64, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 186b)]: with future infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.8.4: the)]infinitive is sometimes understood, πειρήσεται (i.e. ἀλύξαι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.417: followed by εἰ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.806, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95b; πειρήσεται αἴ κε θέῃσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.601)]; by ἐάν or ἄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 327, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 638e)]; by μὴ.., lest.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.394)]; by ὅπως.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.3)]: with participle, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ἐπειρᾶτο ἐπιών 1.77)]; προσβαίνων[Refs ([prev. work] 84; π. βιώμενοι 4.139; π. ἀποσχίζων 6.9, compare 5, 50, 7.139, +others)]; π. σκοπῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190e)]?? with neuter adjective, τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.14.)]
B.II most frequently (V.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11) with _genitive_,)]
B.II.1 with genitive person, make trial of one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.444, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.336, etc.)]; νῦν σεῦ, ξεῖνε, ὀΐω πειρήσεσθαι, εἰ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (.. 19.215; ἕο αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔντεσι.. εἰ οἷ ἐφαρμόσσειε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.384; with _genitive_ not expressed, ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι 2.73)]; ἦ πρῶτ᾽ ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο test him in each particular, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.119 (variant{μυθήσαιτο}))]; π. θεοῦ make trial of, tempt a god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86. γ,compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1663 (troch.))]: in hostile sense, πρὶν πειρήσαιτ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.580 (with _accusative_ _cognate_ added ἀέθλους.. ἐπειρήσαντ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.23): frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, especially ἀλλήλων πειρᾶσθαι, as ἐπειρῶντο κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν ἀλλήλων 1.76; πειρᾶσθέ μου γυναικὸς ὡς ἀφράσμονος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1401, etc.)]; π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου make an attempt on it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; π. τοῦ τείχους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81.)]
B.II.2 with genitive of things, make proof or trial of.., σθένεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.359; ἥβης 23.432)]; χειρῶν καὶ σθένεος π., ἢ.. ἦ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.282)]; try one's chance at or in a work or contest, ἔργου [Refs (18.369)]; ἀέθλου, ἀέθλων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.707, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.100, etc.; παλαιμοσύνης [prev. work] 126)]; make proof of, try a weapon, τόξου [Refs (21.159, 180; νευρῆς [prev. work] 410 (but [ὀϊστοί,] τῶν τάχ᾽ ἔμελλον πειρήσεσθαι)] arrows whose force they were soon to make trial of, i. e.feel, [Refs ([prev. work] 418))]; also, make proof of, have experience of, especially in perfect passive, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, νηῶν “Op.” 660; οὐ πεπειρημένοι πρότερον [οἱ] Αἰγύπτιοι Ἑλλήνων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.159, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 118)]; πειρασάμενος ἀγαθῶν, δουλείας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, 5.69, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.1; κακῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253)]; ὀρφανίας π., i.e. to be an orphan, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 49)]; but π. τινὸς μετρίου find him moderate by experience or on trial, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 8, compare “Arat.” 43)]; also, πεπείρανται ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.2.)]
B.II.3 absolutely, try one's fortune, try the chances of war, αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ᾽ ἵκηται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.129)]; πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ making trial of one's powers, [Refs (16.590)]; Ἕκτορι πειρηθῆναι ἀντιβίην, ἢ.. ἦ.. to try one's fortune against him, [Refs (21.225)]; περὶ δ᾽ αὐτῆς πειρηθήτω (i.e. τῆς ἵππου) let him try for her, as a prize, [Refs (23.553.)]
B.III make a trial or put a matter to the test, ἐν σοὶ πειρώμεθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 21a: with _dative_ modi, ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.279)]; ἐπειρήσαντο πόδεσσι tried their luck in the foot-race, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.120, compare 205; σφαίρῃ 8.377)]; also π. σὺν ἔντεσι, σὺν τεύχεσι π., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.220, 11.386: but in)]perfect, οὐδέ τί πω μύθοισι πεπείρημαι I have not tried myself, have not found my skill, in words, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.23: _absolutely_, ὁ πειραθεὶς πιστεύσει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.16)]; πεπειραμένος σαφῶς οἶδα by experience, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hier.” 2.6.)]
B.IV with accusative person, make an attempt on[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((V.A.IV. 2), Διὸς ἄκοιτιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.34.)]