The corpus record — Latin

perlustro

perlustro · v. a

To go

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Where it lives

De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Punica 9 · 1.18/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 1 · 1.02/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2 · 0.28/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

per-lustro — Lewis & Short

per-lustro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I To go or wander all through, to traverse completely.

A Lit.: hostium agros, Liv. 8, 36: haec omnia (loca), id. 7, 34: perlustrata armis tota Germania, Vell. 2, 106, 1.—

B Trop., to view all over, to examine, survey: hujus materiae perlustrandae animo partes erunt omnes, Cic. Part. 11, 38: omnia oculis, Liv. 25, 9: diu perlustrans oculis hostium turres, id. 23, 46, 13: perlustra mea dicta, examine, consult, Stat. S. 4, 3, 143.—

II To purify or hallow completely with religious acts: sulphure et bitumine aliquid perlustrare, Col. 8, 5, 11.

In the wild

perlustrasset Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.7.6
perlustrans Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.46.13
perlustrat Silius Italicus, Punica 3.160
perlustrans Silius Italicus, Punica 13.792
perlustrat Statius, Achilleis 1.742
perlustrando Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.14.12

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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