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per praep. with acc.

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I.I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing : itinera duo, unum per Sequanos . . . alterum per provinciam, Cs.: qui per agros fluit: it hasta per tempus utrumque, V.: per medios hostīs evasit, L.Through, over, throughout, all over, along, among : per totam Italiam, S.: per omnīs partīs provinciae: per viam, along , L.: aegro per manūs tractus servatur, from hand to hand , Cs.: invitati hospita<*>iter per domos, from house to house , L.: passim per herbam Corpora fusa, V.: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, went around , L.: per alia atque alia pavida consilia trepidans, from one place to another , L.: Transtra per et remos, V.—With ora, oculos or aurīs, before, to : incedunt per ora vestrum, S.: traducti per hostium oculos, L.: vestras per aurīs ire, V.
II.II. In time, through, during, for, throughout, in the course of : per hosce annos: per triennium: per eos forte dies, L.At, at the time of, during : per idem tempus: per meridiem, at noon , L.: per ludos, L.: per lunam, V.: per infrequentiam comitia perficiunt, L.: per tempus, at the right time , T.
III.III. Of agency, through, by, by the hands of, by the agency of : quae comperta sunt per me: per homines explorare, S.: per procuratores agere: quo minus cum eis amicitia esset, per populum R. stetisse, L.: occidebantur? per quos? et a quibus? by whose hands, and at whose instance? —With pronn. reflex., in person, alone, of oneself : milites qui per se de conciliandā pace egerint, Cs.: homo per se cognitus, by his own merit : per me tibi obstiti, single-handed : per se solus, L.—Restrictive, by, for, as far as regards : per me vel stertas licet, I don't care if : per me isti pedibus trahantur: si per suos esset licitum, N.
IV..IV. Of means or manner, through, by, by means of : id a te per litteras petere: vates per avīs consulti, L.: per litteras certior fit, S.Through, by, under pretence of, by the pretext of : nos per fidem fallere: per causam exercendorum remigum prodire, Cs.: per Caecilium Sulla accusatur, in the name of : per speciem alienae fungendae vicis suas opes firmavit, L.Through, by, for the sake of, on account of, with a view to : cum per aetatem nondum auderem, etc. —Esp., in oaths and adjurations: si per plurīs deos iuret, by : per tuam fidem Te obtestor, T.: per ego te deos oro, T.—Poet. in ellipsis: per, si qua est . . . Intemerata fides, oro, V.—Of manner, in adverb . phrases, by, through, with, at, in : per vim, violently , T.: per ludum et iocum, in sport : per summum dedecus, most infamously : per iram, angrily : per commodum rei p., without injury , L.: per otium, at leisure , L.: per commodum, leisurely , L.: per ignaviam et superbiam aetatem agere, in inglorious pride , S.: per turpitudinem, basely , S.: per virtutem emori, bravely , S.: Per facinus, wickedly , O.: haud per ambages portendere, not obscurely , L.: per tumultum, in disorder , L.

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