penetrate

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verb transitive

reach: P. and V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (gen.) (or absol.), P. ἐφικνεῖσθαι (gen.) (or absol.).

if prayers penetrate beneath the earth, he hears us: V. εἴπερ γὰρ εἴσω γῆς ἀκοντίζουσ' ἀραί κλύει (Euripides, Orestes 1241).

pierce: V. διαπερᾶν, διέρχεσθαι (acc. or gen.).

break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (P. generally compounded), διαρρηγνύναι.

enter: P. and V. εἰσέρχεσθαι (εἰς, acc., V. also acc. alone). εἰσδύεσθαι (εἰς. acc., or V. acc. alone); see enter.

discover: P. and V. εὑρίσκειν, ἐφευρίσκειν, ἀνευρίσκειν, ἐξευρίσκειν, V. προσευρίσκειν. See

through, perceive: P. and V. γιγνώσκειν, μανθάνειν, αἰσθάνεσθαι (acc. or gen.).

be penetrated (by a feeling): P. and V. κατέχεσθαι, V. νικᾶσθαι.