peragro

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕr-ā̆gro: āvi, ātum, 1 (
I part. peragratus, in the dep. signif.;
v. infra), v. a. per and ager, to wander or travel through or over, to go or pass through, traverse, etc. (class.; cf. percurro).
I Lit.: provincias, Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258.—Of bees: saltus silvasque, Verg. G. 4, 53: loca avia, Lucr. 1, 926: in peragrandā Aegypto, Suet. Aug. 93: peragratis partibus, Vulg. Act. 19, 1.—Of sailing: litora Liburnicis, Suet. Calig. 37: eques Romanus qui et commercia ea et litora peragravit, Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45; Flor. 2, 7, 6; Just. 12, 10, 1.—
   (b)    Dep. only in part.: peragratus omnes Germaniae partes, etc., Vell. 2, 97, 4.—
II Trop., to go through, traverse, to spread through; to search through, penetrate: omne immensum peragravit mente animoque, Lucr. 1, 74: eloquentia omnes peragravit insulas, Cic. Brut. 13, 51: cujus res gestae omnes gentes terrā marique peragrassent, id. Balb. 6, 16; id. Mil. 35, 98; id. Cael. 22, 53.—Rarely with per: orator ita peragrat per animos hominum, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 222: gula peragrans, a roving appetite, Gell. 7, 16, 6.—Hence, * pĕrăgranter, adv., in roving about, Amm. 14, 1, 6.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pĕrăgrō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre,
1 tr., parcourir, visiter successivement : Cic. Tusc. 5, 97 ; Br. 315 ; de Or. 2, 258