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pĕr-ōro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to speak from beginning to end, to plead or argue throughout, to harangue at length (class.).
I. Prop.: QVOM PERORANT AMBO PRAESENTES, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10: “contra tales oratores tantam causam perorare,Cic. Quint. 24, 77: “a Quinto Hortensio causa est P. Sestii perorata,id. Sest. 2, 3: “et breviter peroratum esse potuit, nihil me commisisse,Liv. 34, 31: “jus perorandi,Tac. A. 2, 30; 3, 17: “tribus horis,Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Clu. 51, 145: “in Proculas,Juv. 2, 67.—
II. In partic., to bring a speech to a close, to wind up, conclude, finish: “strepitu senatūs coactus est, aliquando perorare,Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4: “alii jubent antequam peroretur digredi,id. de Or. 2, 19, 80: “dicta est a me causa et perorata,id. Cael. 29, 70; id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69: “brevi,id. Inv. 1, 48, 90: “peroratā narratione,Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: “quoniam satis multa dixi, est mihi perorandum,id. Ac. 2, 48, 147: “de ceteris perorare,Nep. Epam. 6, 3.—
B. In gen., to bring to an end; to conclude, finish a thing: “res illo die non peroratur, dimittitur judicium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70: “de quā cum dixero totum hoc crimen decumanum perorabo,id. ib. 2, 3, 66, § 154; id. Att. 5, 10, 2.—
III. (Acc. to oro, II. B.) To pray, to bring a prayer to an end: “et hic quidem ita peroravit,Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 24.
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