pĕr-ăgo — Lewis & Short
pĕr-ăgo, ēgi, actum (
I inf. paragier, Cato, Orig. 7, p. 1), 3, v. a.
I To thrust through, pierce through, transfix (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
Theseus latus ense peregit,transpierced, Ov. H. 4, 119:
aliquem ardenti quercu,Val. Fl. 1, 146; cf.:
externa peragi dextrā,Sil. 11, 364.—Hence, transf., to kill, slay, Mart. 5, 37, 16.—
B To pass through, traverse:
freta,Ov. H. 15, 65:
cum sol duodena peregit Signa,id. M. 13, 618.—
II To drive about, harass, disturb, disquiet, agitate, annoy a person or thing (very rare):
pecora peragens asilus,Sen. Ep. 58, 2: totum Sempronium usque eo perago, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.—
III To carry through, go through with, execute, finish, accomplish, complete, etc.
A In gen. (class.;
syn.: exsequor, conficio, patro): multum egerunt, qui ante nos fuerunt, sed non peregerunt,Sen. Ep. 64, 8: carmen tubā solā peregit, Enn. ap. Lact. ad Stat. Th. 11, 56 (Ann. v. 508 Vahl.):
fabulam,Cic. Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. ib. 18, 64 (and v. peractio):
comitia,id. N. D. 2, 4, 10:
concilium,Caes. B. G. 6, 4:
partes suas,Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 5:
conata,Juv. 13. 210:
inceptum,Verg. A. 4, 452:
cursum,id. ib. 4, 653; cf.:
coeptum iter,Ov. F. 1, 188:
dona,to finish distributing, Verg. A. 5, 362: mandata, Ov. M. 7, 502:
aetatem, vitam, aevum,id. Tr. 4, 8, 13; 41; id. M. 15, 485:
facinus,Juv. 6, 640; also, to exhaust:
quot viros,Auct. Priap. 34.—Absol., = dia/gein, to pass one's life, Pers. 5, 138.—Pass. impers.:
Quis non peractum esse cum Pompeio crederet?that the war with Pompey is ended, Flor. 4, 2, 53.—
B In partic., in jurid. Lat.:
reum,to continue a prosecution till the defendant is condemned, Liv. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 4; Ov. P. 4, 6, 30; Val. Max. 6, 2, 4:
accusationem,to prosecute to the end, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 6:
receptus est reus, neque peractus, ob mortem opportunam,Tac. A. 4, 21.—
IV In gen., to work, or work up any thing.
A Lit.:
humum,to till, cultivate, Ov. F. 4, 693:
cibum,to digest, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183. —
B Trop., to go through, go over, to relate, describe, detail, state:
legatus peragit deinde postulata...Haec paucis verbis carminis concipiendique jurisjurandi mutatis peragit,Liv. 1, 32, 6 sq.:
verbis auspicia,to mention, id. 1, 18 fin.:
res pace belloque gestas,to describe, treat of, id. 2, 1:
dum perago tecum pauca,Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2:
res tenues, tenui sermone peractas,delivered, Hor. S. 2, 4, 9.