πεῖρας
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English (LSJ)
v. πεῖραρ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 545] ατος, τό, = πεῖραρ.
English (Slater)
πεῑρας
a limit c. appositive gen. ἤτοι βροτῶν γε κέκριται πεῖρας οὔ τι θανάτου (byz.: πέρας codd.) (O. 2.31)
b (means of) execution καὶ τάχα πείρατ' ἀέθλων δείκνυεν (P. 4.220)
c rope met. πολλῶν πείρατα συντανύσαις ἐν βραχεῖ strands of many themes (P. 1.81)
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πεῖρας -ατος, τό zie πεῖραρ.
