πεῖραρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(also πεῖρας, v. infr. <span class="bibl">1.5</span>), ᾰτος, τό, Ep., Ion., and Lyr. form of [[πέρας]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[end]], [[limit]], οὐδ' εἴ κε τὰ νείατα πείραθ' ἵκηαι γαίης καὶ πόντοιο <span class="bibl">Il. 8.478</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od. 5.463</span>, <span class="bibl">11.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[completion]], <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ πω πάντων ἐπὶ πείρατ' ἀέλων ἤλθομεν</b> the [[end]] of our labours, <span class="bibl">23.248</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[achievement]], [[execution]], [[mode]] or [[means of execution]], ᾧ παιδὶ ἑκάστου πείρατ' ἔειπε <span class="bibl">Il.23.350</span> ; πείρατ' ἀέθλων δείκνυεν <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>4.220</span> ; <b class="b3">εἰ δέ τις ἀνδρῶν ἡμετέρης τέχνης πείρατά φησιν ἔχειν</b> says he possesses the [[secret]] ( = [[power of execution]]) of my art, Zeuxisin <span class="title">PLG</span>2.318, cf. <span class="title">IG</span> 3.399 ; <b class="b3">νίκης πείρατ' ἔχονται ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι</b> the [[achievement]] of victory is dependent on the gods, <span class="bibl">Il. 7.102</span> ; νίκης ἐν θεοῖσι πείρατα <span class="bibl">Archil. 55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[final decision]], [[verdict]], ἐπὶ ἴστορι πεῖραρ ἑλέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.501</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[doom]], ἐκφυγέειν μέγα π. ὀϊζύος <span class="bibl">Od.5.289</span> ; ὥς κεν θᾶσσον ὀλέθρου πείραθ' ἵκηαι <span class="bibl">Il.6.143</span> ; πεῖρας θανάτου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[instrument]], [[tool]], ἦλθε δὲ χαλκεὺς ὅπλ' ἐν χερσὶν ἔχων χαλκήϊα, πείρατα τέχνης, ἄκμονά τε σφῦράν τ' εὐποίητόν τε πυράγρην <span class="bibl">Od.3.433</span>, cf. Sch. Dad loc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. [[tackle]], [[rope]], δησάντων σ'. . ὀρθὸν ἐν ἱστοπέδῃ, ἐκ δ' αὐτοῦ πείρατ' ἀνήφθω <span class="bibl">Od.12.51</span> ; οὐδ' ἔτι δεσμά σ' ἔρυκε, λύοντο δὲ πείρατα πάντα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span> 129</span> : metaph., πτολέμοιο πεῖραρ… τάνυσσαν <span class="bibl">Il.13.359</span> : Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ' ἐφῆπται <span class="bibl">7.402</span> ; πᾶσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ' ἐφῆπτο <span class="bibl">Od. 22.33</span> ; καιρὸν εἰ φθέγξαιο, πολλῶν πείρατα συντανύσαις ἐν βραχεῖ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.81</span>. (περ-[[Fṛ]]-, περ-[[Fṇ]]-<b class="b3">τ-</b>, cogn. with <b class="b3">πείρω, πόρος</b>.)</span>