per praep. with acc.
1 PAR-.
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.