pererro

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

pĕr-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to wander through, to roam or ramble over (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: fallacem circum vespertinumque pererro Saepe forum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 113: locum, Verg. A. 5, 441: freta, Ov. H. 14, 103: saltus et fontes, Val. Fl. 3, 537: orbem, Col. praef. 1: cellas, Petr. 97: reges, to roam about from one king to another , Sen. Q. N. 3 praef. § 6.— Pass. : arva pererrantur Peligna, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 5: pererratus orbis, id. F. 1, 234; cf.: pererrato ponto, Verg. A. 2, 295.—

II Transf.: totumque pererrat Luminibus tacitis, surveys all over , Verg. A. 4, 363: sonus pererrat cornua, i. e. errat per tubam, Sil. 4, 174.

Related Words