πεῖρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (to cross, pass). Compare Old Armenian փորձ (pʿorj), Proto-Germanic *fēra- (danger), Old English fǣr, English fear. Akin to πείρω (peírō) and περάω (peráō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. trial, experiment, attempt

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.