tempt
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
induce P. and V. προτρέπειν (or mid.), ἐπάγειν (or mid.), ἐπαίρειν, προάγειν, P. ἐπισπᾶν.
persuade: P. and V. πείθειν, ἀναπείθειν, V. ἐκπείθειν.
make trial of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. ἀποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), P. διαπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), πεῖραν λαμβάνειν (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.).
