pererro

pererro

Latin

Etymology

    From per- + erro.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    pererrō (present infinitive pererrāre, perfect active pererrāvī, supine pererrātum); first conjugation

    1. to wander through, roam or ramble over
      Synonyms: errō, pervagor, vagor, discurrō, peragrō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, pālor
    2. to survey, explore, peruse
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.362–364:
        Tālia dīcentem, iamdūdum āversa tuētur,
        hūc illūc volvēns oculōs tōtumque pererrat
        lūminibus tacitīs, et sīc accēnsa profātur: [...].
        [Aeneas] having said such [words], [Dido] had long since turned away, [still] watching [him], her eyes darting this way and that and surveying [his] every [move] with silent glances [when], thus enraged, she speaks out: [...].

    Conjugation

    References

    • pererro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • pererro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • pererro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • pererro in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016