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v. trans.
Make proof of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), P. διαπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), πεῖραν λαμβά̆νειν (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.).
Test, examine: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, Ar. and P. δοκῐμάζειν, βᾰσᾰνίζειν ; see test.
Essay: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), γεύεσθαι (gen.).
Try (a case in court, etc.): P. and V. κρί̄νειν, δῐκάζειν.
Have one’s case tried: P. and V. κρί̄νεσθαι, δῐκάζεσθαι, ἀ̆γωνίζεσθαι.
Tax: P. and V. γυμνάζειν.
Distress: P. and V. πιέζειν, Ar. and V. τείρειν ; see distress.
Undertake, attempt: P. and V. ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.). Absol., P. and V. πειρᾶν (or mid.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν, ἐγχειρεῖν.
v. trans.
Make proof of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), P. διαπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), πεῖραν λαμβά̆νειν (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.).
Test, examine: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, Ar. and P. δοκῐμάζειν, βᾰσᾰνίζειν ; see test.
Essay: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), γεύεσθαι (gen.).
Try (a case in court, etc.): P. and V. κρί̄νειν, δῐκάζειν.
Have one’s case tried: P. and V. κρί̄νεσθαι, δῐκάζεσθαι, ἀ̆γωνίζεσθαι.
Tax: P. and V. γυμνάζειν.
Distress: P. and V. πιέζειν, Ar. and V. τείρειν ; see distress.
Undertake, attempt: P. and V. ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.). Absol., P. and V. πειρᾶν (or mid.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν, ἐγχειρεῖν.
TRY
To attempt rem or rem facere tentare: experiri: conari: periclitari (aliquem or aliquid; e.g. periclitari Romanos Nep.): periculum facere alicujus or alicujus rei: moliri (to endeavor to effect a great and difficult work): audere (to attempt a great and dangerous work). ☞ Probare in this sense is without classical authority. To try my strength tentare aliquid possim: let us try our strength experiamur quid uterque possit: I tried what I could do tentavi quid possem: to try if etc. experiri si etc.
To put to the test tentare: examinare: explorare [SYN. in EXAMINE]. To try (gold etc.) aliquid ad obrussam exigere: to try by fire igni spectare aliquid and (figuratively) aliquem (Cic.): to try anybody’s fidelity alicujus fidem inspicere (Ov.): to try or try on a garment vestem probare or experiri: to try a horse equum tentare: to try a medicine medicamentum usu explorare (Celsus).
To put upon trial interrogare: quaerere [Vid: TRIAL]. To try a cause causam cognosces (of the judge); judicem esse de aliqua re: judicem sedere in aliquem (of a juror etc).
To tempt s.
To attempt rem or rem facere tentare: experiri: conari: periclitari (aliquem or aliquid; e.g. periclitari Romanos Nep.): periculum facere alicujus or alicujus rei: moliri (to endeavor to effect a great and difficult work): audere (to attempt a great and dangerous work). ☞ Probare in this sense is without classical authority. To try my strength tentare aliquid possim: let us try our strength experiamur quid uterque possit: I tried what I could do tentavi quid possem: to try if etc. experiri si etc.
To put to the test tentare: examinare: explorare [SYN. in EXAMINE]. To try (gold etc.) aliquid ad obrussam exigere: to try by fire igni spectare aliquid and (figuratively) aliquem (Cic.): to try anybody’s fidelity alicujus fidem inspicere (Ov.): to try or try on a garment vestem probare or experiri: to try a horse equum tentare: to try a medicine medicamentum usu explorare (Celsus).
To put upon trial interrogare: quaerere [Vid: TRIAL]. To try a cause causam cognosces (of the judge); judicem esse de aliqua re: judicem sedere in aliquem (of a juror etc).
To tempt s.
try:
I. To put to the test, make trial of:
1. expĕrior, pertus, 4: to t. the strength of a poison, veneni vim ex., Cic. Coel. 24, 58: to t. gold, aurum ex., cf. Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 59, experimentum auri (see also infr. 7): foll. by subj. clause: I should like to t. what daring you can display, ex. libet quantum audeatis ..., Liv. 25, 38, med.: to t. all means (turn every stone), omnia ex., Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11.
2. perīclĭtor, 1 (to put to the test by actual use; whereas experior may refer to a mere trial): to t. one's powers, vires ingenii p., Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: also, like preced., foll. by subj. clause: quid nostri auderent periclitabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 8.
3. tento, 1 (to test): to t. a person's skill, scientiam alicujus t., Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32: I tried what I could do in that line, tentavi quid in eo genere facere possem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.
4. pĕrīcŭlum (alicujus rei) facio: v.TRIAL .
5. explōro, 1: v.TO TEST .
6. prŏbo, 1: to t. the edge of a knife, mucronem cultri p., Petr. 70: also, aciem, acumen tentare, Burm. ad l.
7. specto, 1 (esp. to t. gold or silver; sitting and watching the process): t.'d by fire, igne spectatus (fig.), Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38: Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 25 (spectare in ignibus aurum). Phr.: gold t.'d in the fire, aurum ad obrussam, Suet. Ner. 34. See alsoTRIED .
II. To attempt:
1. cōnor, 1: v.TO ATTEMPT , ENDEAVOUR .
2. tento; also, tempto, 1 (esp. when repeated efforts are spoken off): they t.'d to dip in the ocean, tentarunt aequore tingi, Ov. M. 2, 172: I will t. to speak on this (difficult) subject, tentabo de hoc dicere, Quint. 6, 2, 29: Cic. In this sense less freq. foll. by ut and subj.: the senate was t.ing to carry on the government without a king, senatus tentabat, ut ipse gereret sine rege rempublicam, Cic. Rep. 2, 12.
3. perh. expĕrior, 4 (though always with a different shade of meaning from Eng.): cf. Smith's L. Dict. s. v. (II.).
III. To examine judicially:
1. jūdĭco, 1 (to exercise the function of a judex, i. e. either a sitting or presiding judge): a man experienced in t.ing matters, homo in rebus judicandis spectatus, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 10, 29: v.TO JUDGE .
2. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to hold a judicial inquiry: said of the presiding judge): to t. a case, causam c., Quint. 4, 1, 3: absol. Verres t.'d the case, Verres acted as judex, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, 26: oft. with de and abl.: id. Ph. 5, 19, 53, etc. [N.B.--Not to be used with personal object.]
3. phr., jūdĭcium exercēre (said of the presiding judge): Cic. Arch. extr. Note also the phr., quaestionem exercere (to have the t.ing of all cases under a particular statute): to have the duty of t.ing cases of murder, quaestionem inter sicarios ex., Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54. See alsoTRIAL .
I. To put to the test, make trial of:
1. expĕrior, pertus, 4: to t. the strength of a poison, veneni vim ex., Cic. Coel. 24, 58: to t. gold, aurum ex., cf. Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 59, experimentum auri (see also infr. 7): foll. by subj. clause: I should like to t. what daring you can display, ex. libet quantum audeatis ..., Liv. 25, 38, med.: to t. all means (turn every stone), omnia ex., Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11.
2. perīclĭtor, 1 (to put to the test by actual use; whereas experior may refer to a mere trial): to t. one's powers, vires ingenii p., Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: also, like preced., foll. by subj. clause: quid nostri auderent periclitabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 8.
3. tento, 1 (to test): to t. a person's skill, scientiam alicujus t., Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32: I tried what I could do in that line, tentavi quid in eo genere facere possem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.
4. pĕrīcŭlum (alicujus rei) facio: v.
5. explōro, 1: v.
6. prŏbo, 1: to t. the edge of a knife, mucronem cultri p., Petr. 70: also, aciem, acumen tentare, Burm. ad l.
7. specto, 1 (esp. to t. gold or silver; sitting and watching the process): t.'d by fire, igne spectatus (fig.), Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38: Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 25 (spectare in ignibus aurum). Phr.: gold t.'d in the fire, aurum ad obrussam, Suet. Ner. 34. See also
II. To attempt:
1. cōnor, 1: v.
2. tento; also, tempto, 1 (esp. when repeated efforts are spoken off): they t.'d to dip in the ocean, tentarunt aequore tingi, Ov. M. 2, 172: I will t. to speak on this (difficult) subject, tentabo de hoc dicere, Quint. 6, 2, 29: Cic. In this sense less freq. foll. by ut and subj.: the senate was t.ing to carry on the government without a king, senatus tentabat, ut ipse gereret sine rege rempublicam, Cic. Rep. 2, 12.
3. perh. expĕrior, 4 (though always with a different shade of meaning from Eng.): cf. Smith's L. Dict. s. v. (II.).
III. To examine judicially:
1. jūdĭco, 1 (to exercise the function of a judex, i. e. either a sitting or presiding judge): a man experienced in t.ing matters, homo in rebus judicandis spectatus, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 10, 29: v.
2. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to hold a judicial inquiry: said of the presiding judge): to t. a case, causam c., Quint. 4, 1, 3: absol. Verres t.'d the case, Verres acted as judex, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, 26: oft. with de and abl.: id. Ph. 5, 19, 53, etc. [N.B.--Not to be used with personal object.]
3. phr., jūdĭcium exercēre (said of the presiding judge): Cic. Arch. extr. Note also the phr., quaestionem exercere (to have the t.ing of all cases under a particular statute): to have the duty of t.ing cases of murder, quaestionem inter sicarios ex., Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54. See also
πειράω
...(more frequently used in middle in same sense as active) make trial of (+ gen.); try (+ inf.)
decide, try
μεταπειράομαι
try in a different way
πειρητίζω
to attempt, try, prove
προδοκιμάζω
try, prove beforehand
προπειράομαι
try
ἀναπειράομαι
to try
ἀντεξετάζω
to try
ἐξονυχίζω
try
πειράομαι
πειράομαι, try, test (verb)
...(more frequently used in middle in same sense as active) make trial of (+ gen.); try (+ inf.)
appearing fewer than 50 times
κατεξετάζωdecide, try
μεταπειράομαι
try in a different way
πειρητίζω
to attempt, try, prove
προδοκιμάζω
try, prove beforehand
προπειράομαι
try
ἀναπειράομαι
to try
ἀντεξετάζω
to try
ἐξονυχίζω
try
πειράομαι
πειράομαι, try, test (verb)