Πεῖρα
trial, test, attempt
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Feb 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"As the men were going out for foraging and twice the success in the attempts [...]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πεῖρα. ἐξιόντων τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐπὶ τὰς προνομὰς καὶ δὶς τὸ κατορθοῦν ἐν ταῖς πεῖραις.
Betacode
*pei=ra. e)cio/ntwn tw=n a)ndrw=n e)pi\ ta\s pronoma\s kai\ di\s to\ katorqou=n e)n tai=s pei=rais.
Notes (1)
- For this headword noun, here unglossed, see already pi 1448 and again (accusative case) pi 1450.
- 1Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via TLG searching as an approximation (and abbreviation) of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.20.1. The Suda's "twice" (
di\s ), questioned by Adler (locus haud integer), should bedia\ , "because of" (the reading anyway, Adler reports, of Suda mss GM). ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π1448Πεῖραtrial, test, attempt[Meaning] trickery, and deceit, and skill. Whence also criminals at sea [are called] pirates. But harm [is] also [called] pei=ra, as in Sophocles' Danae: "I do not know your trial nor do I understand [it]; as this one…
- π1450Πεῖρανtrial, test, attempt[Meaning] journey, road. "Not even called by messengers you start an attempt."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jul 2014
- typo — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth