πέρᾰς,
Ep. πεῖραρ (q.v.), ᾰτος, τό,
end, limit, boundary,
I in local sense, ἐκ περάτων γᾶς Alc. 33.1, cf. Th. 1.69; π. . . αὔλ[ε]ιος θύρα ἐλευθέρα γυναικὶ νενόμιστ’ οἰκίας Men. 546; τὸ π . tip, τοῦ αἰδοίου Arist. GA 773a21; [ τῆς ῥινός ] Gal. 18(2).28; τισὶ τὰ π. ἀλγέει the extremities, Aret. SD 1.7 .
II
1. generally, limit, either opp. ἀρχή, Arist. Ph. 264b27, or including it, τελευτή γε καὶ ἀρχὴ π. ἑκάστου Pl. Prm. 137d, cf. Arist. GA 777b29, Metaph. 1022a4; οὐκ ἔχων π. κακῶν E. Andr. 1216, cf. Or. 511, A. Pers. 632, Lys. 12.88, etc.; π. ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶ τοῦ βίου θάνατος D. 18.97, cf. Arist. EN 1115a26; εἰ π. μηδὲν ἔσται σφίσι τοῦ ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ κινδύνου Th. 7.42; π. ἔχειν, = περαίνεσθαι, come to an end, Isoc. 4.5, Lycurg. 60, etc.; π. λαμβάνειν Plb. 5.31.2; ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ γενέσει π . Arist. GA 776a4; ἐν π. εἶναι Thphr. CP 5.18.2 .
2. perfection of a thing, τὸ π. τῆς μαγειρικῆς . . εὑρηκέναι Hegesipp.Com. 1.4, cf. 10, Posidipp. 26.17 . Philos., τὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π., τὰ π. τῆς ἡδονῆς, Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.65U., Sent. 20; ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν π. κατακέκλειται τἀγαθόν Metrod. Herc. 831.8 .
3. end, object, εὐχῆς, ἐλπίδος, Luc. Harm. 2 sq.
4. Philos., that which limits or has limits, opp. τὸ ἄπειρον, Pythag. ap. Arist. Metaph. 986a23, Pl. Phlb. 30a, etc.; τὰ ἐλάχιστα καὶ ἀμιγῆ π. [τῆς ἀτόμου] Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.17U.: Com., of a person, τὸν καλούμενον Π . Philosteph.Com. 1.3 .
III final decision, [οἱ] τὸ π. ἔχοντες τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἁπάντων δικαίων the supreme court, from which there is no appeal, Din. 3.16 . πέρας as Adv., at length, at last, Aeschin. 1.61, Plb. 2.55.6, etc.; πέρας δ’ οὖν D. 56.10; τὸ π . Lys. 9.17, Alex. 261.13; but also, τὸ π . ’to cut a long story short’, Men. Epit. 70, 316, 470 . [In Aeol. the first syll. is short in Alc. 33, long in 84 .]
G4009 — πέρας
πέρατος, τό (πέρα beyond), from Aeschylus down, extremity, bound, end (see τέλος, 1 a. at the beginning);
a. of a portion of space ("boundary, frontier): πέρατα τῆς γῆς (the ends of the earth), equivalent to the remotest lands, [Mat 12:42]; [Luk 11:31] (Homer, Iliad 8, 478 (πεῖραρ); Thucydides 1, 69; Xenophon, Ages. 9, 4; the Sept. for אֶרֶץ אַפְסֵי (Winer's Grammar, 30)); also τῆς οἰκουμένης, [Rom 10:18] ([Psa 71:8]).
b. of a thing extending through a period of time (termination): ἀντιλογίας, [Heb 6:16] (τῶν κακῶν, Aeschylus Pers. 632; Josephus, b. j. 7, 5, 6, and other examples in other writings).
πέρας , - ατος , τό
( < πέρα , beyond),
[in LXX chiefly for H7093, H7098 and cognate forms;]
an end, limit, boundary;
(a) of space: chiefly in pl ., τὰ Papyri τ . γῆς , [Mat 12:42], [Luk 11:31]; τ . οἰκουμένης , [Rom 10:18] ( LXX );
(b) ( opp . to ἀρχή ) the end: c . gen ., ἀντιλογίας , [Heb 6:10]. †