πεῖρα

See also: πείρα and πείρᾳ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *peřřa, from Proto-Indo-European *pér-ih₂ ~ *pr̥-yéh₂s, from *per- (“to cross, pass”) +‎ *-ih₂.[1] Cognate with Old Armenian փորձ (pʻorj, “attempt, try”), Latin perīculum (“trial, risk”), Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”).

Noun

πεῖρᾰ • (peîră) f (genitive πείρᾱς); first declension

  1. trial, experiment, attempt
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πεῖρᾰ; τῆς πείρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πεῖρᾰ
hē peîră 		τὼ πείρᾱ
tṑ peírā 		αἱ πεῖραι
hai peîrai
Genitive τῆς πείρᾱς
tês peírās 		τοῖν πείραιν
toîn peírain 		τῶν πειρῶν
tôn peirôn
Dative τῇ πείρᾳ
tēî peírāi 		τοῖν πείραιν
toîn peírain 		ταῖς πείραις
taîs peírais
Accusative τὴν πεῖρᾰν
tḕn peîrăn 		τὼ πείρᾱ
tṑ peírā 		τᾱ̀ς πείρᾱς
tā̀s peírās
Vocative πεῖρᾰ
peîră 		πείρᾱ
peírā 		πεῖραι
peîrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

πεῖρα • (peîra)

  1. (Epic) first-person singular aorist present active unaugmented of πείρω (peírō)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πεῖρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1162-3

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