πειρ-αστικός,ή,όν,
A. fitted for tryingortesting, 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. λόγοιib. 165a39 , cf. Gal. 17(2).350 ;οἱ π. διάλογοιof Plato, as the Euthyphro, Theaetetus, Meno , Ion, Thrasyll. ap. D.L. 3.58 sq.Adv.
-κῶς
Ascl. in Metaph. 246.9
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