I. Lit., to plough through; to traverse the sea: “pontum,” Sen. Med. 650.—
II. Transf.
C. To scratch letters with the style on a waxen tablet, to write: “talia perarans manus,” Ov. M. 9, 563: “litteram,” id. A. A. 1, 455; cf. id. Tr. 3, 7, 1: “peraratae tabellae,” id. Am. 1, 11, 7: “perarare carmina auro,” Stat. S. 4, 5, 24.