pĕnē^tro — Lewis & Short
pĕnē^tro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.root pa- of pasco; v. penates.
I Act.
A To put, place, or set any thing into any thing (ante- and post-class.; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109).
1 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.—
2 Trop.:
Labeo Antistius in grammaticam sese atque dialecticam litterasque antiquiores altioresque penetraverat,had penetrated into, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—
B Aliquid, to pierce into any thing; to enter, penetrate any thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
1 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.—
2 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.—
II Neutr., to enter, penetrate into any place or thing, betake one's self (class.; cf.: pervado, permano).
A 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.—
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.