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A. πεῖρα Il. 7.317, etc. :—Pass., pf. πέπαρμαι 1.246, etc. : aor. ἐπάρην[α](ἀνα‐) Hdt. 4.94 :—pierce, run through, mostly of cooking, κρέα τ’ ὤπτων, ἄλλα τ’ ἔπειρον they spitted meat, Od. 3.33, cf. Paus. 4.17.1 ; in full, μίστυλλόν τ’ ἄρ’ ἐπισταμένως πεῖράν τ’ ὀβελοῖσιν Il. 7.317 ; ἀμφ’ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν they stuck the meat round (i.e. on) the spits, 1.465; also ἔγχεϊ νύξε . . διὰ δ’ αὐτοῦ πεῖρεν ὀδόντων ran it through his teeth, 16.405 : c. acc., τόν γε φίλης διὰ χειρὸς ἔπειρεν αἰχμῇ 20.479; ἰχθῦς ὣς πείροντες Od. 10.124, cf. Ach. Tat.3.4 (Pass.); τῇ τριαίνῃ . . ἔπειρε καὶ ἀνεῖλε Str. 13.1.38 :—Pass., σκῆπτρον, δέπας χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον, studded with golden nails, Il. 1.246, 11.633; ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος pierced with pain, 5.399, Archil. 84 (also π. ἀμφ’ ὀδύνῃσι A.R. 4.1067); περὶ δουρὶ πεπαρμένη Il. 21.577 ; ἀμφ’ ὀνύχεσσι Hes. Op. 205.

II. metaph., ἀνδρῶν τε πτολέμους ἀλεγεινά τε κύματα πείρων cleaving a way through, Il. 24.8, Od. 8.183; πεῖρε κέλευθον clave her way [through the sea], 2.434 : abs. in the same sense, A.R. 2.326,398. (Cf. περόνη, OSlav. na-perją 'pierce'.)