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περαίνω

περαίνω, to bring to an end, finish, accomplish, execute

περαίνω, Pi. P. 10.28, Philol. 1, etc.; poet. πειραίνω Arat. 24: also impf. ἐπείραινε Pi. I. 8(7).25: fut. περᾰνῶ Ar. Pl. 563, Pl. Lg. 672e; Ion. -ανέω, 3 sg.-εῖ, Hp. Nat.Puer. 15, Meliss. 5: aor. ἐπέρᾱνα S. Aj. 22, Pl. Tht. 207c; Ion. aor. part. πειρήνας h.Merc. 48:—Med., pres., Th. 7.43: fut. περᾰνοῦμαι (δια-) Pl. Phlb. 53c: aor. ἐπερᾱνάμην (δι-) E. Hel. 26, Pl. Lg. 900b:—Pass., fut. περανθήσομαι Gal. UP 4.12 (περασθήσομαι is corrupt in Crito ap. Stob. 3.3.63): aor. ἐπεράνθην X. HG 3.2.19, Pl. Grg. 501c, etc.: pf. 3 sg. πεπέρανται Id. R. 502e, Arist. Cael. 273a4; poet. πεπείρανται Od. 12.37, S. Tr. 581; imper. πεπεράνθω Pl. Lg. 736b; inf. -άνθαι Id. Grg. 472b, Arist. Sens. 445b23, -άσθαι Id. Xen. 977b3 (s. v.l.); part. πεπερασμένος Zeno Eleat. 3, Pl. Prm. 145a, Arist. APo. 82b32, al.: (πέρας):—
  • bring to an end, finish, accomplish, Hom. only in Pass. (v. infr.); π. ἄταν A. Ch. 830 (lyr.); πρᾶγος π. rem transigere, S. Aj. 22; πρᾶγμα καὶ χρησμοὺς θεοῦ E. Ion 1569; ἐλπίδα, δόκησιν, Id. Andr. 1062, Or. 636; π. τινὰ πρὸς ἔς χατον πλόον bring him to the end of his voyage, Pi. P. 10.28; π. δίκας τινί Id. I. 8(7).25; without δίκην, finish the business, D. 38.24; π. τὰ δέοντα X. Cyr. 4.5.38; τὸ προσταχθέν ib. 5.3.50; ἐπέραινεν ἐφʼ οἷς ἐμισθώθη D. 18.149; π. ὁδόν Ar. Ra. 403; πολλήν (sc. θάλασσαν) Arat. 289:—Pass., to be brought to an end, finished, πάντα πεπείρανται Od. 12.37, cf. S. Tr. 581; περαίνεται δὴ τοὔργον A. Pr. 57, etc.; to be fulfilled, accomplished, χρησμός, τὰ λόγια περαίνεται, E. Ph. 1703, Ar. V. 799; ἡ συμμαχία ἐπεραίνετο X. HG 7.4.3; ἔργῳ π. Id. An. 3.2.32.
      • 2 limit, Iamb. Comm.Math. 3:— elsewh. Pass., to be limited or finite, τὸ ὅλον πεπεράνθαι Arist. Ph. 207a16; πεπέρανται [ὁ οὐρανός] Id. Cael. 273a4; esp. in part. πεπερασμένος, opp. ἄπειρος, π. μέγεθος, χρόνος, Id. Ph. 266b22, Cael. 272a15.
      • 3 in speaking, π. μῦθον, λόγον, proceed with a discourse, A. Th. 1056, E. Med. 701; εἰπὲ καὶ π. πάντα A. Pers. 699; π. ὅ τι λέγεις Ar. Pl. 648: abs., περὶ σωφροσύνης ἤδη . . περανῶ ib. 563, cf. Ra. 1283; πέραινʼ ὥσπερ ἤρξω Pl. Prt. 353b; πέραινε· σωθείης δὲ . . Men. 65.5.
      • 4 recite from beginning to end, ἰαμβεῖον Ar. Ra. 1170, cf. D. 19.245; τραγῳδίαν Antiph. 1.6, cf. 85.4; νόμον Pl. Ti. 29d; recount, relate, E. Ion 362, IT 781.
      • 5 abs., effect oneʼs purpose, esp. with a neg., οὐδὲν π. come to no issue, make no progress, περαίνει δʼ οὐδὲν ἡ προθυμία Id. Ph. 589, cf. Th. 6.86, Lys. 8.8; ἰατρευόμενοι . . οὐδὲν περαίνουσι Pl. R. 426a; ἵνα τι περαίνωμεν ib. 346a; περαίνειν ἤδη ὥρα X. An. 3.2.32.
      • 6 draw a conclusion, infer, διὰ τοῦ ἀδυνάτου π. by a reductio ad impossibile, Arist. APr. 41a23; ὁ περαίνων [λόγος], a kind of syllogism, D.L. 7.44; περὶ τῶν π. λ., title of work by Chrysippus:—freq. in Pass., τὸ ἐν πλείοσι σχήμασι . . περαινόμενον the conclusion which is drawn, Arist. APr. 42b30, etc.; περαίνεται c. acc. et inf., it is inferred that . ., Muson. Fr. 1 p.2 H., cf. Phld. Rh. 1.137 S.
    • II sens. obsc., Artem. 1.80, D.L. 2.127:—Pass., Com.Adesp. 14, AP 11.339, D.L. l.c.
    • III intr., reach, penetrate, διʼ ὤτων A. Ch. 57 (lyr.); εἰς τὸν ἐγκέφαλον Arist. HA 492a21; πρὸς [τὴν καρδίαν] Id. PA 666a13; εἰς τὸ ἔξω Id. GA 716b28: abs., penetrate, Id. HA 497a10.
      • 2 come to an end, τὸ πεπερασμένον ἀεὶ πρός τι περαίνει the finite always comes to some limit, Id. Ph. 203b21, cf. Xen. 977b6; end in . ., εἴς τι E. Fr. 340, cf. Pl. Men. 76a, Plu. Arat. 52, etc.; ἡ ὁδὸς π. ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον Id. Cat.Ma. 13.
    • IV pierce, h.Merc. 48.

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