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πήραν (peran)

πήραν is an Ancient Greek form of πήρα, meaning “pouch, bag”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or genitive plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of πηρός, “disabled in a limb, maimed; helpless”.

Found 47 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 4.7.51: … παρῃτεῖτο τὰ Ἀκαδημαϊκά, καθʼ ὃν χρόνον ἤκουε Κράτητος· εἶτʼ ἐπανείλετο τὴν κυνικὴν ἀγωγήν, λαβὼν τρίβωνα καὶ πήραν.

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 15.19: ἑπταδράχμως κυνάδας, γραιᾶν ἀποτίλματα πηρᾶν,

All forms of πήρα (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.