πεῖρα

See also: πείρα

Ancient Greek

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”).

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

First declension of ἡ πεῖρᾰ; τῆς πείρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πεῖρᾰ hē peîra	τὼ πείρᾱ tṑ peírā	αἱ πεῖραι hai peîrai
Genitive	τῆς πείρᾱς tês peírās	τοῖν πείραιν toîn peírain	τῶν πειρῶν tôn peirôn
Dative	τῇ πείρᾳ têi peírāi	τοῖν πείραιν toîn peírain	ταῖς πείραις taîs peírais
Accusative	τὴν πεῖρᾰν tḕn peîran	τὼ πείρᾱ tṑ peírā	τᾱ̀ς πείρᾱς tā̀s peírās
Vocative	πεῖρᾰ peîra	πείρᾱ peírā	πεῖραι peîrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

πεῖρα • (peîra)

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