πειράω
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peː.rá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈra.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈra.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈra.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈra.o/
Verb
[edit]πειρᾰ́ω • (peiráō)
- to try [with infinitive ‘to do’]
- to make an attempt [with genitive ‘on someone or something’]
- (middle voice) to try [with infinitive or participle ‘to do’]
- (middle voice) to test, make a trial of [with genitive ‘someone or something’]
- (middle voice) to test one's own skill, abilities, or fortune [with genitive ‘in something’]
Conjugation
[edit] Present: πειρᾰ́ω, πειρᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐπείρᾰον, ἐπειρᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπείρᾰον | ἐπείρᾰες | ἐπείρᾰε(ν) | ἐπειρᾰ́ετον | ἐπειρᾰέτην | ἐπειρᾰ́ομεν | ἐπειρᾰ́ετε | ἐπείρᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπειρᾰόμην | ἐπειρᾰ́ου | ἐπειρᾰ́ετο | ἐπειρᾰ́εσθον | ἐπειρᾰέσθην | ἐπειρᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐπειρᾰ́εσθε | ἐπειρᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπείρων | ἐπείρᾱς | ἐπείρᾱ | ἐπειρᾶτον | ἐπειρᾱ́την | ἐπειρῶμεν | ἐπειρᾶτε | ἐπείρων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐπειρώμην | ἐπειρῶ | ἐπειρᾶτο | ἐπειρᾶσθον | ἐπειρᾱ́σθην | ἐπειρώμεθᾰ | ἐπειρᾶσθε | ἐπειρῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πειρᾱ́σω | πειρᾱ́σεις | πειρᾱ́σει | πειρᾱ́σετον | πειρᾱ́σετον | πειρᾱ́σομεν | πειρᾱ́σετε | πειρᾱ́σουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | πειρᾱ́σοιμῐ | πειρᾱ́σοις | πειρᾱ́σοι | πειρᾱ́σοιτον | πειρᾱσοίτην | πειρᾱ́σοιμεν | πειρᾱ́σοιτε | πειρᾱ́σοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | πειρᾱ́σομαι | πειρᾱ́σῃ, πειρᾱ́σει |
πειρᾱ́σεται | πειρᾱ́σεσθον | πειρᾱ́σεσθον | πειρᾱσόμεθᾰ | πειρᾱ́σεσθε | πειρᾱ́σονται | ||||
optative | πειρᾱσοίμην | πειρᾱ́σοιο | πειρᾱ́σοιτο | πειρᾱ́σοισθον | πειρᾱσοίσθην | πειρᾱσοίμεθᾰ | πειρᾱ́σοισθε | πειρᾱ́σοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | πειρᾱ́σειν | πειρᾱ́σεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | πειρᾱ́σων | πειρᾱσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | πειρᾱ́σουσᾰ | πειρᾱσομένη | |||||||||||
n | πειρᾶσον | πειρᾱσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | πειρήσω | πειρήσεις | πειρήσει | πειρήσετον | πειρήσετον | πειρήσομεν | πειρήσετε | πειρήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | πειρήσοιμῐ | πειρήσοις | πειρήσοι | πειρήσοιτον | πειρησοίτην | πειρήσοιμεν | πειρήσοιτε | πειρήσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | πειρήσομαι | πειρήσεαι | πειρήσεται | πειρήσεσθον | πειρήσεσθον | πειρησόμεθᾰ | πειρήσεσθε | πειρήσονται | ||||
optative | πειρησοίμην | πειρήσοιο | πειρήσοιτο | πειρήσοισθον | πειρησοίσθην | πειρησοίμεθᾰ | πειρήσοισθε | πειρησοίᾰτο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | πειρήσειν | πειρήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | πειρήσων | πειρησόμενος | ||||||||||
f | πειρήσουσᾰ | πειρησομένη | |||||||||||
n | πειρῆσον | πειρησόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐπεπειρᾱ́μην (Attic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐπεπειρᾱ́μην | ἐπεπείρᾱσο | ἐπεπείρᾱτο | ἐπεπείρᾱσθον | ἐπεπειρᾱ́σθην | ἐπεπειρᾱ́μεθᾰ | ἐπεπείρᾱσθε | ἐπεπείρᾱντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐπεπειρήμην (Ionic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐπεπειρήμην | ἐπεπείρησο | ἐπεπείρητο | ἐπεπείρησθον | ἐπεπειρήσθην | ἐπεπειρήμεθᾰ | ἐπεπείρησθε | ἐπεπειρέᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
[edit]- “πειράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πειράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πειράω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πειράω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “πειράω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers