peîra

peîr + -a

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pêː.ra/ → /ˈpi.ra/ → /ˈpi.ra/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. trial, experiment, attempt

Inflection

[ show ▼]First declension of ἡ πεῖρᾰ; τῆς πείρᾱς (Attic)

Derived terms

• πειράζω (peirázō)
• πειράομαι (peiráomai)
• πειρητίζω (peirētízō)
• πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs)

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)