perago Latin · revision 30780

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛ.ra.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛː.ra.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peragō''' (present infinitive peragere, perfect active perēgī, supine perāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Cato has the old passive infinitive ''peragier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|agō|t1=through|t2=to drive, do]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agō]] to [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL notes that grammarians cite it as a compound that keeps the vowel ⟨a⟩ unchanged.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato, in a speech: ''cum tantam rem peragier arbitrārer'', “since I thought so great a matter was being carried through”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense, “to drive through”, gives “to chase about, harass” (Seneca) and “to pierce, transfix” (Ovid: ''Thēseus latus ēnse perēgit''), only in poetry and post-Augustan prose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its main sense is “to carry through”: to perform or execute an action, to finish a task (often successfully), to complete something growing or being built, to use up resources, and to play a part (''partēs peragere'').^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Reum peragere'' is to carry a prosecution through to the end (Livy, Ovid).^(OLD 2012) It is also to traverse a distance (Vitruvius), and used alone, to pass one's life.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “finish, accomplish, complete, celebrate, attain”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''cum tantam rem peragier arbitrārer''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy: ''reum peragere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid: ''latus ēnse perēgit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To chase about, harass.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pierce, [[m|en|transfix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''reum peragere'', to carry a prosecution through.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To carry out, perform, [[m|en|execute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To finish, complete, [[m|en|accomplish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To use up, get through.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''partēs peragere'', to play a part.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To traverse, pass through.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perāctiō]]

+ * [[semiperactus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}