πειράζω,
(πεῖρα) used by early authors only in present and imperfect, the other tenses being supplied by πειράω, -άομαι: Cretan dialect future πειράξω [[ “GDI” 5181 ] Refs]: aorist 1 imperative πείρᾰσον [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.183 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist passive ἐπειράσθην [[ LXX.Wis.11.9, NT.Matt.4.1 ] LXX+NT]: perfect participle πεπειρασμένος [[ NT.Heb.4.15 ] NT]:—make proof or trial of, with genitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.319.23.114: _absolutely_, 9.281. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with infinitive, attempt to do, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.6.9, LXX.Judg.6.39, NT.Act.16.7, 24.6 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; π. τι attempt a thing, ἄλλος ἄλλην ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ πειράζει τέχνην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Trag.” 149, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.40; τόδε τόξον ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]make trial of, [[ Anacreont. 31.24 ] Refs]: absolutely, make an attempt, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus “Fragmenta” 195. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 passive, ἤθη.. ἐν χρόνῳ πειράζεται are tried, proved, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 573 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be experienced, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 32. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II with accusative person, try, tempt a person, put him to the test, [[ LXX.Gen.22.1, +others ] LXX]; ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε, εἰ.. [[ NT.2Cor.13.5, +others] NT]; τί πειράζετε τὸν Κύριο; [[ LXX.Exo.17.2, cf. NT.Act.15.10, NT.1Cor.10.9, +others ] LXX+NT]