Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *péřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *pér-ye-ti, the ye-present of *per- (to pass, go forth).[1] 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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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πείρω (peírō)

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1163-4

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