πεῖραρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pérwr̥ (“ford, crossing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêː.rar/ → /ˈpi.rar/ → /ˈpi.rar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pêː.rar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rar/

Noun

πεῖραρ • (peîrar) n (genitive πείρατος); third declension (poetic)

1. cord, rope
2. (in the plural) ends, limits

Declension

Third declension of πεῖρᾰρ; πείρᾰτος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πεῖρᾰρ peîrar	πείρᾰτε peírate	πείρᾰτᾰ peírata
Genitive	πείρᾰτος peíratos	πειρᾰ́τοιῐν peirátoiin	πειρᾰ́των peirátōn
Dative	πείρᾰτῐ peírati	πειρᾰ́τοιῐν peirátoiin	πείρᾰσῐ / πείρᾰσῐν / πειρᾰ́τεσσῐ / πειρᾰ́τεσσῐν / πειρᾰ́τεσῐ / πειρᾰ́τεσῐν peírasi(n) / peirátessi(n) / peirátesi(n)
Accusative	πεῖρᾰρ peîrar	πείρᾰτε peírate	πείρᾰτᾰ peírata
Vocative	πεῖρᾰρ peîrar	πείρᾰτε peírate	πείρᾰτᾰ peírata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• ἀπέραντος (apérantos, “endless, unending, boundless, infinite; allowing no escape”)
• περαίνω (peraínō, “to limit; to come to an end, finish, accomplish; to draw a conclusion, to infer”)

Further reading

• “πεῖραρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πεῖραρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πεῖραρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πεῖραρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press