per-vādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n., to go or come through, to pass or press through, to spread through (class.; syn. penetro).
I Lit., constr. with acc. alone, or with per , ad , or in , and absol. : pervade polum, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.): incendium per agros pervasit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 66: per omnis partis provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam pestem tempestatemque pervasisse, id. ib. 2, 1, 38, § 96: ne cum in Siciliā quidem fuit ... pars ejus belli in Italiam ulla pervasit, id. ib. 2, 5, 2, § 6: per aequa et iniqua loca pervadunt, Liv. 25, 14, 9: pervadere usque ad vallum, id. 26, 5; 37, 25: pars magna equitum ad terga pugnantium pervasit, id. 42, 7, 7: Thessaliam cum exercitu pervadit, id, 42, 13, 8: venenum ita cunctos ejus artus pervasit, ut, etc., Tac. A. 13, 16: impetu equi pervasit, id. ib. 2, 17.—In pass. : pervasā urbe, Amm. 24, 2, 13: pervasis regionibus, id. 31, 3, 1; Sedul. 3, 309.—
B Transf., to go , come , arrive anywhere: ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44: in nares, id. N. D. 2, 57, 145: ad castra, Liv. 7, 36.—
II Trop.
A To spread through , penetrate , pervade : opinio, quae per animos gentium barbararum pervaserat, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23: quo non illius diei fama pervaserit, id. ib. 15, 44: quas oras quasi morbus quidam illius furoris pervaserat, id. Sull. 19, 53.—With acc.: cum fama ea urbem atque forum pervasisset, Liv. 5, 7, 6: murmur totam contionem pervasit, id. 26, 15, 9; 2, 23, 7: pervasit jam multos ista persuasio, ut, etc., Quint. 8, 2, 21: capesse, per deos, rem publicam, et omnia aspera pervade, to break through , overcome , Sall. Or. ad Caes. Rep. Ord. 1, 6: pallor ora, Sil. 7, 427: magnam Asiae partem cis Euphraten tanti mali fama pervaserat, Curt. 10, 5, 18; cf.: ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit, per omnis velut continens incendium pervasurum, Liv. 37, 25, 6: victoriae Romanae fama cum pervasisset in Asiam, id. 45, 10, 1: terror in totam penitus aciem pervasit, id. 8, 9, 11: ex contagione, velut tabes, in Perrhaebiam quoque id pervaserat malum (i. e. seditiones), id. 42, 5, 7. —
B To arrive at , reach a place: fines, Lucr. 1, 556: locus, quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 307.