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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

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substantive

Met., experience, proof: P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, P. πρόπειρα, ἡ.

give a foretaste of: P. and V. γεύειν (τινά τινος).

to have had a foretaste of: P. and V. γεγεῦσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of γεύειν), πεπειρᾶσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of πειρᾶν) (Euripides, Fragment), P. διαπεπειρᾶσθαι (gen.) (perf. infin. pass. of διαπειρᾶν).