Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognates include Old Armenian հերիւն (heriwn), Old Church Slavonic на-перѫ (na-perǫ, pierce), Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, to bring over to, deliver), Old English faru (English fare), and Albanian shpie.

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Verb edit

πείρω (peírō)

  1. to pierce, run through
  2. (figuratively) to cleave through

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