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|lshtext=<b>pĕnē&#774;tro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[root]] pa- of [[pasco]]; v. penates.<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[put]], [[place]], or [[set]] [[any]] [[thing]] [[into]] [[any]] [[thing]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: penetrare pedem [[intra]] [[aedes]], Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 64; 2, 3, 49: quo [[illic]] [[homo]] [[foras]] se penetrat ex aedibus? to betake one's [[self]], go in [[any]] [[direction]], id. Trin. 2, 2, 1: me ad pluris penetravi, id. ib. v. 14: se in fugam, to [[take]] to [[flight]], id. Am. 1, 1, 94: in eam (specum) me [[penetro]] et [[recondo]], Gell. 5, 14, 18.—To [[enter]], [[penetrate]]: ea [[intra]] [[pectus]] se penetravit [[potio]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23.—In the [[same]] [[sense]], [[mid]].: quae penetrata queunt sensum progignere acerbum, having entered, having penetrated, Lucr. 4, 670; 1246.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: [[Labeo]] Antistius in grammaticam [[sese]] [[atque]] dialecticam litterasque antiquiores altioresque penetraverat, had penetrated [[into]], Gell. 13, 10, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Aliquid, to [[pierce]] [[into]] [[any]] [[thing]]; to [[enter]], [[penetrate]] [[any]] [[thing]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., Lucr. 4, 894: ([[semen]]) penetrare locos nequit, id. 4, 1246: vox aures penetrat, id. 4, 613: hominem cum vini vis penetravit Acris, id. 3, 476: Illyricos [[sinus]], Verg. A. 1, 243: [[nave]] Aegyptum, Suet. Caes. 52: mediae cryptam Suburrae, Juv. 5, 106. —Pass.: ut ([[India]]) [[penitus]] nequeat penetrari, Lucr. 2, 539: penetratae cum victoriā [[Media]], [[Albania]], etc., Vell. 2, 40, 1: penetrata limina montis, Stat. S. 4, 6, 104: [[iter]] L. Lucullo penetratum, Tac. A. 15, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: id Tiberii animum altius penetravit, Tac. A. 1, 69; cf. id. ib. 3, 4.—With [[subject]]-[[clause]]: tum penetrabat eos, posse haec, etc., it entered [[their]] thoughts, it occurred to [[them]], Lucr. 5, 1262.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[enter]], [[penetrate]] [[into]] [[any]] [[place]] or [[thing]], betake one's [[self]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[pervado]], [[permano]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: in palaestram, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 32: sub terras, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: ad os Pelusii, Curt. 4, 1, 29: in ipsum portum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96: in [[castra]] hostium, Liv. 2, 12, 3: in artissimas [[fauces]], Curt. 5, 3, 17: ad urbes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32: per angustias, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: [[intra]] [[vallum]], Liv. 39, 31: in urbem, id. 2, 53: cum eo penetrasset, [[thus]] [[far]], Nep. Chabr. 4: astra per [[caelum]] penetrantia, Cic. Univ. 9: penetrat vox ad aures, Ov. M. 12, 42: [[usque]] ad [[nares]], Cels. 7, 7.—Impers. [[pass]].: in eam speluncam penetratum cum signis est, Liv. 10, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: Romuli [[animus]] haec ipsa in templa penetravit, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24: hominum [[ratio]] in [[caelum]] [[usque]] penetravit, id. N. D. 2, 61, 163: nulla res [[magis]] penetrat in animos, id. Brut. 38, 142: penetrare ad sensum judicis opinionemque, id. Part. 36: quo non ars penetrat? Ov. A. A. 3, 291: in provincias [[quoque]] [[grammatica]] penetraverat, Suet. Gram. 3.