Ancient Greek

Verb

πείρω • ‎(peírō)

1. I pierce, run through
   • 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon 3.4
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1067
   • 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 84
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 205
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.246
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.465
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.399
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.317
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.633
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.405
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.479
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.577
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.33
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.124
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 4.17.1
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 13.1.38
2. (figuratively) I cleave through
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.326
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.8
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.434
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.183

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• περόνη ‎(perónē)
• πορθμός ‎(porthmós)
• πόρος ‎(póros)
• πόρπη ‎(pórpē)

References

• πείρω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πείρω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πείρω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «πείρω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «πείρω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963