pervĭus, a, um, adj. [per-via], that has a passage through; hence,
I Lit., that may be passed through or crossed , affording a passage through , passable , pervious (class.): aedes, Ter. Ad. 912: transitiones, thoroughfares , passages , Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67: hostes saltus pervios ceperant, Liv. 9, 43: usus Tectorum inter se, Verg. A. 2, 453: Phoebo non pervia taxus, i. e. impervious to the sun's rays , Luc. 6, 645: pervius hastis, id. 2, 310: rima pervia flatibus, Ov. M. 15, 301: non ulli pervia vento, id. ib. 2, 762: equo loca pervia, id. ib. 8, 377: Baianae pervia cymbae stagna, Juv. 12, 80: unde maxime pervius amnis, is most fordable , Tac. A. 12, 12: Phasis pontibus CXX. pervius, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13: sacraria Fauni pervia, i. e. accessible to all , not set apart by consecration , Calp. Ecl. 1, 15.—Hence, subst.: pervĭum , ii, n., a thoroughfare , passage : ne pervium illa Germanis exercitibus esset, Tac. H. 3, 8.—
B Transf.
1 Act. , that makes a passage through , penetrating : ensis, Sil. 10, 249.—
2 Pass. , perforated , pierced : anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 6.—
II Trop.: cor meum mihi nunc pervium est, my heart is now open , i. e. light or easy , Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70 (760 Ritschl): nihil ambitioni pervium, accessible , Tac. A. 13, 4.