per-văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a., to wander or range through, to rove about, overrun (class.).
I Lit.: hic praedonum naviculae pervagatae sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 98: iis imperat, ut omnibus in locis pervagentur, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: natio pervagata bello prope orbem terrarum, Liv. 38, 17; 1, 29.—
II Trop.
A To spread out , extend : quod in exteris nationibus usque ad ultimas terras pervagatum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: ardores in agris pervagantes, Vitr. 2, 6.—
B To spread through , pervade : timores omnium mentes pervagantur, Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 32: dolor omnia membra pervagabatur, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; 6, 10, 3.—
C To be widely spread , to become common : ne is honos nimium pervagetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 39, 113.
VI —Hence, pervăgātus , a, um, P. a.
A Spread out , wide-spread , well known : longe et late pervagata anteponantur angustis, Cic. Top. 18, 69: pervagatissimus versus, id. Or. 43, 147: declamatio, id. Planc. 19, 47: sermo, id. Mil. 12, 33; cf. id. de Or. 1, 36, 165: gloria, id. Marcell. 8, 26.—
B Common , general : pervagatior pars, of a more general nature , Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47.