per-magnus, a, um, adj.,
very great , very large : accessio, Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 15: vis naturae, id. ib. 2, 7, 18: hereditas, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: numerus, Caes. B. G. 7, 31.— As subst.: permagnum , i, n., a very great thing , something very great : permagnum existimans tris Olympionicas unā e domo prodire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: permagni interest, id. Part. 24, 84: permagni refert, Ter. Heaut. 467; so in tmesi: per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari, Cic. Att. 10, 1, 1: decumas permagno vendere, at a very high price , id. Verr. 2, 3, 39, § 90.