perlustro

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

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.

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