πείρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognates include Old Armenian հերիւն (heriwn), Old Church Slavonic на-перѫ (na-perǫ, pierce), Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, to bring over to, deliver), Old English faru (English fare), and Albanian shpie.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πείρω • (peírō)

  1. to pierce, run through
  2. (figuratively) to cleave through

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰπείρω (anapeírō)
  • ἀποπείρω (apopeírō)
  • δῐᾰπείρω (diapeírō)
  • ἐμπείρω (empeírō)
  • κᾰτᾰπείρω (katapeírō)
  • μετᾰπείρω (metapeírō)
  • περιπείρω (peripeírō)
  • σῠμπείρω (sumpeírō)

References

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