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ἀπο-πειράομαι , fut. -άσομαι [α_]: 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.BC5.36, etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 105
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.46
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.73
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.119
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.128
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.67
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.21
    • Plato, Protagoras, 311b
    • Plato, Protagoras, 349c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.93
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.107
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.121
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.24
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.90
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.17
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.36
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 2.3.5
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.2.17
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 477
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