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ἀποπειράομαι

apopeiraomai

make trial

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποπειράομαι, fut. -άσομαι [ᾱ]: aor. Pass. ἀπεπειράθην, Ion. -ήθην, v. infr.:—A. make trial or proof of . ., τῶν μαντηΐων, τῶν δορυφόρων, Hdt. 1.46, 3.128; ἀ. ἑκάστου εἰ ναυμαχίην ποιέοιτο Id. 8.67, cf. 9.21; ἀ. γνώμης [ἑκάστου] Id. 3.119; τῆς γνώμης ἀποπειρῶ Ar. Nu. 477, cf. And. 1.105; ἀ. τινὸς εἰ δύναιτο ἀληθεύειν X. Cyr. 7.2.17, cf. 2.3.5; ναυμαχίας ἀποπειρᾶσθαι to venture it, Th. 4.24: abs., ἐπεὰν ἀποπειρηθῇ Hdt. 2.73; freq. in Pl., to express the dialectical trial of an opponent, Prt. 311b, 349c, al. II. Act., esp. in Th., τῆς Καρχηδονίων ἀρχῆς καὶ αὐτῶν ἀποπειράσοντες 6.90; ὅπως ναυμαχίας ἀποπειράσωσι 7.17; ἀποπειρᾶσαι τοῦ Πειραιῶς make an attempt on the Piraeus, etc., 2.93, cf. 4.121: abs., κατὰ γῆν ἀ. 4.107, cf. 7.36; τῶν τειχῶν App. BC 5.36, etc.
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