πειραστικός
ή, όν, Adv.
A.
fitted for trying or testing, tentative, ἔστι δ’ ἡ διαλεκτικὴ π. περὶ ὧν ἡ φιλοσοφία γνωριστική Arist. Metaph. 1004b25 ; ἡ ‐κή (sc. τέχνη, ἐπιστήμη) as a branch of dialectic, Id. SE 169b25 ; π. λόγοι ib. 165a39, cf. Gal. 17(2).350 ; οἱ π. διάλογοι of Plato, as the Euthyphro, Theaetetus, Meno, Ion, Thrasyll. ap. D.L. 3.58 sq. Adv. ‐κῶς Ascl. in Metaph. 246.9.