pĕr-ā^gro — Lewis & Short
pĕr-ā^gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (
I part. peragratus, in the dep. signif.; v. infra), v. a. per and ager, to wander or travel through or over, to go or pass through, traverse, etc. (class.; cf. percurro).
I Lit.:
provincias,Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258.—Of bees:
saltus silvasque,Verg. G. 4, 53:
loca avia,Lucr. 1, 926:
in peragrandā Aegypto,Suet. Aug. 93:
peragratis partibus,Vulg. Act. 19, 1.—Of sailing:
litora Liburnicis,Suet. Calig. 37:
eques Romanus qui et commercia ea et litora peragravit,Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45; Flor. 2, 7, 6; Just. 12, 10, 1.—
(b) Dep. only in part.:
peragratus omnes Germaniae partes, etc.,Vell. 2, 97, 4.—
II Trop., to go through, traverse, to spread through; to search through, penetrate:
omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,Lucr. 1, 74:
eloquentia omnes peragravit insulas,Cic. Brut. 13, 51:
cujus res gestae omnes gentes terrā marique peragrassent,id. Balb. 6, 16; id. Mil. 35, 98; id. Cael. 22, 53.—Rarely with per:
orator ita peragrat per animos hominum, ut, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 222:
gula peragrans,a roving appetite, Gell. 7, 16, 6.—Hence, * pĕrăgranter, adv., in roving about, Amm. 14, 1, 6.