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ἀποπειράομαι (apopeiraomai) to put to the test ^G:V

ἀποπειράομαι-πειράομαι,

future -άσομαι [ᾱ]: aorist passive ἀπεπειράθην, Ionic dialect -ήθην, see below:— make trial or proof of.., τῶν μαντηΐων, τῶν δορυφόρων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γνώμης [ἑκάστου] [ἀποπειράομαιπειρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 477, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.105; ἀ. τινὸς εἰ δύναιτο ἀληθεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.17, compare 2.3.5">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυμαχίας ἀποπειράομαιπειρᾶσθαι to venture it, [ἀποπειράομαιπειρηθῇ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus ">Refs 5th c.BC+], to express the dialectical trial of an opponent, [Refs]

__II active, especially in [ἀποπειράομαιπειράσοντες 6.90; ὅπως ναυμαχίας ἀποπειράομαιπειράσωσι 7.17">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποπειράομαιπειρᾶσαι τοῦ Πειραιῶς make an attempt on the Piraeus, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]