pervenio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō

Latin veniō

Latin perveniō

From per- + veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈwɛ.ni.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈvɛː.ni.o]

Verb

perveniō (present infinitive pervenīre, perfect active pervēnī, supine perventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to come, arrive

   Synonyms: adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, tangō, prehendō

   Antonyms: abambulō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō, proficiscor

2. to reach, attain, come to

Conjugation

• Non-impersonal passive forms are found post-Classically.

   Conjugation of perveniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perveniō		pervenīs		pervenit		pervenīmus		pervenītis		perveniunt
	imperfect	perveniēbam		perveniēbās		perveniēbat		perveniēbāmus		perveniēbātis		perveniēbant
	future	perveniam		perveniēs		perveniet		perveniēmus		perveniētis		pervenient
	perfect	pervēnī		pervēnistī		pervēnit		pervēnimus		pervēnistis		pervēnērunt, pervēnēre
	pluperfect	pervēneram		pervēnerās		pervēnerat		pervēnerāmus		pervēnerātis		pervēnerant
	future perfect	pervēnerō		pervēneris		pervēnerit		pervēnerimus		pervēneritis		pervēnerint
passive	present	—		—		pervenītur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		perveniēbātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		perveniētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		perventum est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		perventum erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		perventum erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perveniam		perveniās		perveniat		perveniāmus		perveniātis		perveniant
	imperfect	pervenīrem		pervenīrēs		pervenīret		pervenīrēmus		pervenīrētis		pervenīrent
	perfect	pervēnerim		pervēnerīs		pervēnerit		pervēnerīmus		pervēnerītis		pervēnerint
	pluperfect	pervēnissem		pervēnissēs		pervēnisset		pervēnissēmus		pervēnissētis		pervēnissent
passive	present	—		—		perveniātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		pervenīrētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		perventum sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		perventum esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pervenī		—		—		pervenīte		—
	future	—		pervenītō		pervenītō		—		pervenītōte		perveniuntō
passive	future	—		—		pervenītor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pervenīre			pervenīrī			perveniēns			—
future		perventūrum esse			perventum īrī			perventūrus			perveniendum, perveniundum
perfect		pervēnisse			perventum esse			—			perventum
future perfect		—			perventum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perventūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		perveniendī		perveniendō		perveniendum		perveniendō		perventum		perventū

Derived terms

• perventiō
• perventor

Related terms

• adveniō
• anteveniō
• circumveniō
• contrāveniō
• conveniō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• trānsveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō

Descendants

• Asturian: pervenir
• Catalan: pervenir
• French: parvenir
• Italian: pervenire

References

• “pervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pervenio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come to Rome: Romam venire, pervenire
    
  • to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
    
  • to come into some one's hands: in alicuius manus venire, pervenire
    
  • to live to a very great age: ad summam senectutem pervenire
    
  • affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: ad extrema perventum est
    
  • to attain to the highest eminence: ad summam auctoritatem pervenire
    
  • to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire
    
  • he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
    
  • to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
    
  • to be plunged into the depths of despair: ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)
    
  • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
    
  • to attain to the highest offices: ad summos honores pervenire (cf. also sect. V. 17)