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per-vādo , si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.,
I.to go or come through, to pass or press through, to spread through (class.; syn. penetro).
I. Lit., constr. with acc. alone, or with per, ad, or in, and absol.: pervade polum, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.): “incendium per agros pervasit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 66: “per omnis partis provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam pestem tempestatemque pervasisse,id. ib. 2, 1, 38, § “96: ne cum in Siciliā quidem fuit ... pars ejus belli in Italiam ulla pervasit,id. ib. 2, 5, 2, § “6: per aequa et iniqua loca pervadunt,Liv. 25, 14, 9: “pervadere usque ad vallum,id. 26, 5; 37, 25: “pars magna equitum ad terga pugnantium pervasit,id. 42, 7, 7: “Thessaliam cum exercitu pervadit, id, 42, 13, 8: venenum ita cunctos ejus artus pervasit, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 13, 16: “impetu equi pervasit,id. ib. 2, 17.—In pass.: “pervasā urbe,Amm. 24, 2, 13: “pervasis regionibus,id. 31, 3, 1; Sedul. 3, 309.—
B. Transf., to go, come, arrive anywhere: “ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44: “in nares,id. N. D. 2, 57, 145: “ad castra,Liv. 7, 36.—
II. Trop.
B. To arrive at, reach a place: “fines,Lucr. 1, 556: “locus, quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 307.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 9.23
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.44
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.66
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 19.53
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.16
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.556
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 10.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 23.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 7.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 15.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 25.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 5
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.57
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.21
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.5.18
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