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|Definition=Pi.''P.''10.28, Philol.1, etc.; ''poet.'' [[πειραίνω]] Arat.24: also impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπείραινε Pi.''I.''8(7).25: fut. περᾰνῶ Ar.''Pl.''563, Pl.''Lg.''672e; Ion. [[περανέω]], 3sg. περανεῖ, Hp.''Hat.Puer.''15, Meliss.5: aor. ἐπέρᾱνα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''22, Pl. ''Tht.''207c; Ion. aor. part. πειρήνας ''h.Merc.''48:—Med., pres., Th.7.43: fut. περανοῦμαι ([[διαπεραίνω]]) [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 53c: aor. ἐπερᾱνάμην (δι-) E.''Hel.''26, Pl.''Lg.''900b:—Pass., fut. περανθήσομαι Gal.''UP''4.12 ([[περασθήσομαι]] is corrupt in Crito ap.Stob.3.3.63): aor. ἐπεράνθην X.''HG''3.2.19, Pl. ''Grg.''501c, etc.: pf. 3sg. πεπέρανται Id.''R.''502e, Arist.''Cael.''273a4; ''poet.'' πεπείρανται Od.12.37, S.''Tr.''581; imper. πεπεράνθω Pl.''Lg.''736b; inf. περάνθαι Id.''Grg.''472b, Arist.''Sens.''445b23, περάσθαι Id.''Xen.''977b3 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); part. [[πεπερασμένος]] = [[finite]], [[limited]] Zeno Eleat.3, Pl.''Prm.''145a, Arist.''APo.'' 82b32, al.: ([[πέρας]]):—[[bring to an end]], [[finish]], [[accomplish]], Hom. only in Pass. (v. infr.); π. ἄταν A.''Ch.''830 (lyr.); [[πρᾶγος]] περαίνω = [[settle]] the [[business]], Lat. [[rem transigere]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''22; πρᾶγμα καὶ χρησμοὺς θεοῦ E.''Ion'' 1569; [[ἐλπίδα]], [[δόκησιν]], Id.''Andr.''1062, ''Or.''636; <b class="b3">π. τινὰ πρὸς ἔς χατον πλόον</b> [[bring]] him to the [[end]] of his [[voyage]], Pi.''P.''10.28; π. δίκας τινί Id.''I.''8(7).25; without [[δίκην]], [[finish the business]], D.38.24; π. τὰ δέοντα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.38; <b class="b3">τὸ προσταχθέν</b> ib.5.3.50; ἐπέραινεν ἐφ' οἷς ἐμισθώθη D.18.149; π. ὁδόν Ar.''Ra.'' 403; [[πολλήν]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[θάλασσαν]]) Arat.289:—Pass., to [[be brought to an end]], [[be finished]], [[πάντα πεπείρανται]] = all [[come to pass]] Od.12.37, cf. S.''Tr.''581; περαίνεται δὴ τοὔργον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''57, etc.; to [[be fulfilled]], [[be accomplished]], <b class="b3">χρησμός, τὰ λόγια περαίνεται</b>, E.''Ph.''1703, Ar.''V.''799; ἡ [[συμμαχία]] ἐπεραίνετο X.''HG'' 7.4.3; ἵνα ἔργῳ περαίνηται Id.''An.''3.2.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[limit]], Iamb.''Comm.Math.''3:—elsewhere Pass., to [[be limited]] or [[be finite]], τὸ ὅλον πεπεράνθαι Arist.''Ph.''207a16; τὰ δὲ [[πεπερασμένος|πεπερασμένα]] [[πεπερασμενάκις]] [[ἀνάγκη]] [[περαίνω|πεπεράνθαι]] [[πάντα]] = and the [[product]] of a [[finite]] [[number]] of things [[take]]n in a [[finite]] [[number]] of [[way]]s [[must]] [[always]] be [[finite]], Aristotle, ''Analytica Posteriora'' 82b32; <b class="b3">πεπέρανται [ὁ οὐρανός]</b> Id.''Cael.''273a4; especially in part. [[πεπερασμένος]], opp. [[ἄπειρος]], π. [[μέγεθος]], [[χρόνος]], Id.''Ph.''266b22, ''Cael.''272a15.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in speaking, <b class="b3">π. μῦθον, λόγον</b>, [[proceed]] with a [[discourse]], A.''Th.''1056, E.''Med.'' 701; εἰπὲ καὶ π. πάντα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''699; π. ὅ τι λέγεις Ar.''Pl.''648: abs., <b class="b3">περὶ σωφροσύνης ἤδη… περανῶ</b> ib.563, cf. ''Ra.''1283; πέραιν' ὥσπερ ἤρξω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 353b; <b class="b3">πέραινε· σωθείης δὲ</b>… Men.65.5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[recite from beginning to end]], ἰαμβεῖον Ar.''Ra.''1170, cf. D.19.245; τραγῳδίαν Antiph.1.6, cf. 85.4; νόμον Pl.''Ti.''29d; [[recount]], [[relate]], E.''Ion''362, ''IT''781.<br><span class="bld">5</span> abs., [[effect one's purpose]], esp. with a neg., [[οὐδὲν περαίνω]] = [[come to]] no [[issue]], [[make]] no [[progress]], περαίνει δ' οὐδὲν ἡ [[προθυμία]] Id.''Ph.''589, cf. Th.6.86, Lys.8.8; ἰατρευόμενοι… οὐδὲν περαίνουσι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 426a; <b class="b3">ἵνα τι περαίνωμεν</b> ib.346a; περαίνειν ἤδη ὥρα X.''An.''3.2.32.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[draw a conclusion]], [[infer]], [[διὰ τοῦ ἀδυνάτου περαίνειν]] = [[infer by a reductio ad impossibile]], Arist.''APr.'' 41a23; <b class="b3">ὁ περαίνων [λόγος]</b>, a kind of [[syllogism]], D.L.7.44; <b class="b3">περὶ τῶν περαινόντων λόγων</b>, title of work by [[Chrysippus]]:—freq. in Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ ἐν πλείοσι σχήμασι… περαινόμενον</b> the [[conclusion]] which is [[draw]]n, Arist.''APr.'' 42b30, etc.; [[περαίνεται]] c. acc. et inf., [[it is inferred]] that... Muson.''Fr.''1p.2H., cf. Phld.''Rh.''1.137 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sensu obsceno|sens. obsc.]], Artem.1.80, D.L.2.127:—Pass., ''Com.Adesp.''14, ''AP''11.339, D.L.l.c.<br><span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[reach]], [[penetrate]], δι' ὤτων A.''Ch.''57(lyr.); εἰς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''492a21; πρὸς [τὴν καρδίαν] Id.''PA''666a13; εἰς τὸ ἔξω Id.''GA''716b28: abs., [[penetrate]], Id.''HA''497a10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[come to an end]], <b class="b3">τὸ πεπερασμένον ἀεὶ πρός τι περαίνει</b> the [[finite]] [[always]] [[come]]s to [[some]] [[limit]], Id.''Ph.''203b21, cf. ''Xen.''977b6; [[end in]]... εἴς τι E.''Fr.''340, cf. Pl.''Men.''76a, Plu. ''Arat.''52, etc.; ἡ ὁδὸς π. ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον Id.''Cat.Ma.''13.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[pierce]], h.Merc.48.