πειράω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=[[imperfect]] [[middle]] 3rd [[person]] ([[singular]] and plural), ἐπειρᾶτο, ἐπειρῶντο; [[perfect]] [[passive]] participle πεπειραμενος ([[see]] [[below]]); [[common]] in Greek writings from Homer down; to [[try]]; i. e.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[make]] a [[trial]], to [[attempt]] (A. V. to [[assay]]), followed by an infinitive; [[often]] so from Homer down; [[also]] so in the [[middle]] in R G; [[Xenophon]], symp. 4,7; Cyril 1,4, 5, etc.; [[often]] in [[Polybius]]; Aelian v. h. I, 34; πεπειραμενος taught by [[trial]], experienced, st), Tdf. [[formerly]]) ([[see]] [[below]], and cf. [[πειράζω]], d. α.).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> In [[post]]- [[Homer]] [[usage]] [[with]] the accusative of a [[person]] to [[test]], [[make]] [[trial]] of [[one]], [[put]] him to the [[proof]]: his [[mind]], sentiments, [[temper]], [[Plutarch]], Brut. 10; in [[particular]], to [[attempt]] to [[induce]] [[one]] to [[commit]] [[some]] ([[especially]] a [[carnal]]) [[crime]]; cf. Passow, [[under]] the [[word]], 3{a}; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], A. IV:2). Hence, πεπειραμενος in Winer's Grammar, § 15. Note at the [[end]]) tempted to [[sin]]; [[but]] the [[passive]] in [[this]] [[sense]] is [[not]] [[found]] in Greek writings; [[see]] Delitzsch at the [[passage]].