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πείρω

πείρω, to pierce quite through, fix

πείρω, aor. 1 ἔπειρα, Ep. πεῖρα Il. 7.317, etc.:—Pass., pf. πέπαρμαι 1.246, etc.: aor. ἐπάρην [ᾰ] (ἀνα-) Hdt. 4.94:—
  • pierce, run through, mostly of cooking, κρέα τʼ ὤπτων, ἄλλα τʼ ἔπειρον they spitted meat, Od. 3.33, cf. Paus. 4.17.1; in full, μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρʼ ἐπισταμένως πεῖράν τʼ ὀβελοῖσιν Il. 7.317; ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν they stuck the meat round (i.e. on) the spits, 1.465; also ἔγχεϊ νύξε . . διὰ δʼ αὐτοῦ πεῖρεν ὀδόντων ran it through his teeth, 16.405: c. acc., τόν γε φίλης διὰ χειρὸς ἔπειρεν αἰχμῇ 20.479; ἰχθῦς ὣς πείροντες Od. 10.124, cf. Ach.Tat. 3.4 (Pass.); τῇ τριαίνῃ . . ἔπειρε καὶ ἀνεῖλε Str. 13.1.38:—Pass., σκῆπτρον, δέπας χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον, studded with golden nails, Il. 1.246, 11.633; ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος pierced with pain, 5.399, Archil. 84 (also π. ἀμφʼ ὀδύνῃσι A.R. 4.1067); περὶ δουρὶ πεπαρμένη Il. 21.577; ἀμφʼ ὀνύχεσσι Hes. Op. 205.
    • II metaph., ἀνδρῶν τε πτολέμους ἀλεγεινά τε κύματα πείρων cleaving a way through, Il. 24.8, Od. 8.183; πεῖρε κέλευθον clave her way [through the sea], 2.434: abs. in the same sense, A.R. 2.326, 398. (Cf. περόνη, OSlav. na-perją ‘pierce’.)

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