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Headword: *pei/rhsan
Adler number: pi,1458
Translated headword: they proved, they tested
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] they made an assay, a test. "And they tested the kindness of gifts in death. The sword seized maddened Ajax; and the warrior’s belt in turn pulled down Priam's son dragged at the chariot wheels."[1]
Greek Original:
*pei/rhsan: dokimh/n, a)po/peiran e)/labon. th\n de\ xa/rin dw/rwn pei/rhsan e)n qana/tw|. to\ ci/fos ei(=l' *ai)/anta memhno/ta: kai\ pa/lin zwsth\r ei(/lkuse *priami/dan di/fria suro/menon.
Notes:
The headword, Ionic unaugmented aorist active, third person plural, of the verb peira/w, is extracted from the quotation given.
[1] From a poem in the Greek Anthology (7.152.4-6), from an unknown poet. It tells the story of the consequences of the exchange of gifts between Ajax and Hector (see also Homer, Iliad 7.303-305); the gift of each leads to the other’s death. See further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 4504 and phi 203.
Keywords: clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; military affairs; mythology; poetry
Translated by: Philip Forness on 5 September 2012@16:12:55.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation and note, added keyword) on 5 September 2012@21:52:43.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 9 September 2012@04:48:17.
David Whitehead on 2 October 2013@07:29:38.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.1, added cross-references) on 13 September 2023@11:18:11.

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