percelebro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-cĕlĕbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to practise a thing very frequently.

I In gen. (post-class.): ut exercerent, ut gererent, ut percelebrarent haec mala, Arn. 2, 43.—

II In partic., to pronounce frequently , to have often in one's mouth (class.): de quā muliere plurimi versus totā Siciliā percelebrantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81: pervulgata et percelebrata sermonibus res est, id. Cael. 29, 69.

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