peraro
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, along”) + arō (“plough”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra.roː/, [ˈpɛräroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra.ro/, [ˈpɛːräro]
Verb
perarō (present infinitive perarāre, perfect active perarāvī, supine perarātum); first conjugation
- I plough through, furrow.
- (figuratively) I furrow or scratch over, injure.
- (figuratively) I write, inscribe or incise on a waxen tablet.
- (figuratively) I traverse.
Conjugation
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References
- “peraro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “peraro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peraro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.