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peragito

peragito · v. a

to drive

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What it meant

pĕr-ăgĭto — Lewis & Short

pĕr-ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to drive or hunt about greatly, to harass, disturb (not in Cic.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: vehementius peragitati ab equitatu, Caes. B. C. 1, 80: Aetna majore vi peragitata, Sen. Ben. 3, 37.—
B In partic., to stir up any thing, esp. a liquid: ut permisceatur medicamen rutabulo ligneo peragitare conveniet, Col. 12, 24, 4: mustum, id. 12, 19, 4.—
II Trop., to excite, impel: animos, Sen. Ira, 1, 7.—
B To complete, finish: peragitatur enim messis mense Maio, Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 169.

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