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|Definition=ας (Ion. [[πεῖρα]], acc. [[πεῖραν]], gen. -ης), Aeol. [[πέρρα]] Choerob. in ''An. Ox.'' 2.252: ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[trial]], [[attempt]], π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά Alcm.63; opp. [[δόξα]], Thgn.571; πείρᾳ δ' οὐ προσωμίλησά πω S.''Tr.'' 591; πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσειν Id.''El.''471; πείρᾳ σφαλῆναι Th. 1.70; <b class="b3">ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ π.</b> Id.3.3; πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται Theoc. 15.62; <b class="b3">πεῖραν ἔχοντες</b> [[being proved]], Pi. ''N.'' 4.76; but <b class="b3">πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός</b> to have [[experience]] of... [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.1.5; <b class="b3">π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι</b>… Id.''An.'' 3.2.16; <b class="b3">π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης</b> involves a [[trial]] of your resolution, Th. 1.140; <b class="b3">πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν</b> or [[λαβεῖν]] to make [[trial]] or [[proof]] of... E. ''Fr.''691, Isoc. 12.236, Pl. ''Grg.''448a, X. ''An.''6.6.33, etc.; also, gain [[experience]] of... <b class="b3">ἐν ἑαυτῷ</b> ib. 5.8.15; π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχει Pl. ''Prt.'' 342a; π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγει Id.''Thg.'' 129d; <b class="b3">πεῖράν τινος διδόναι</b> (cf. Lat. [[specimen sui edere]]) Darei Epist. in ''SIG'' 22.21, Th. 1.138, Isoc. 3.45; π. τῆς δόξης δοῦναι Th. 6.11; π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναι D.18.107, cf. 195; π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντες Pl. ''Prt.'' 348a; πεῖραν ποιήσασθαι Th. 1.53; <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ</b>… Id.2.20; ταῖς π. βασανίζειν Arist. ''GA''747a3; πεῖραν καθεῖναι Ael. ''VH''2.13, cf. ''NA''1.39; <b class="b3">π. δέξασθαι</b> [[undertake]], Plu.''Pyrrh.'' 5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">ἀπὸ πείρης</b> by [[experiment]], opp. [[αὐτόματον]], Hdt.7.9. γ; διὰ πείρας ἰέναι Pl. ''Ax.'' 369a; διὰ π. ἔργων ἐλήλυθε Onos. ''Praef.'' 7; <b class="b3">ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι διὰ τῆς π.</b> Arist. ''Pol.'' 1341a37; ἐς πεῖραν ἤλθομεν φίλων E. ''Heracl.'' 309, etc.; <b class="b3">ἰέναι ἐς τὴν π. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ</b> [[try]] an [[action]] by [[sea]], Th. 7.21; <b class="b3">ἀκοῆς κρείσσων ἐς π. ἔρχεται</b> turns out [[on trial]] greater than [[report]], Id.2.41; ἐκ τῆς π. δῆλον Arist. ''Pr.'' 938b38; <b class="b3">Κύρου ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι</b> to have been [[acquainted]] with [[Cyrus]], X. ''An.'' 1.9.1; ἐν π. τέλος διαφαίνεται Pi. ''N.'' 3.70; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πείρᾳ</b> by way of [[test]] or [[trial]], Ar. ''Av.'' 583; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ π. δούς</b> [[on trial]], Men. 118; <b class="b3">π. θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς</b> a [[contest]] for... Pi.''N.'' 9.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[attempt]] on or [[against]] one, <b class="b3">πεῖράν τιν' ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι</b> a [[means]] of [[attacking]]... [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 2; τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ [[φυλακτέον]] A. ''Th.'' 499; esp. [[attempt]] to [[seduce]] a [[woman]], Plu. ''Thes.'' 26, ''Cim.'' 1: abs., [[attempt]], [[enterprise]], A. ''Pers.'' 719 (troch.), Th. 3.20; <b class="b3">πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν</b> to [[go forth]] upon an [[enterprise]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 290; cf. [[πειρατής]]. (Cf. Lat. [[experior]], [[peritus]].)