pĕr-ambŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to ramble through, go through; to traverse, perambulate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: aedes, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 122: multas terras, Varr. R. R. 1, 2: omnium cubilia, Cat. 29, 8: viridia, Phaedr. 2, 5, 14: rura, Hor. C. 4, 5, 17: astra, id. Epod. 17, 41: terram, Vulg. Zach. 6, 7: universam insulam, id. Act. 13, 6 et saep.— Pass. : perambulatum Romanis legionibus Niphatem, Sid. Carm. 23, 93.—Poet.: frigus perambulat artūs, runs through , Ov. H. 9, 135: recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, rightly trod the stage (which was sprinkled with perfumed waters and strewed with flowers), i. e. was properly constructed , well written , Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79: sermo perambulat, the fame spreads through , Vulg. Luc. 5, 15.—*
II In partic., of a physician, to visit patients in succession, Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 2.—
III To walk , conduct one's self (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 67, 22; 100, 2.