peragro Latin · revision 31945

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peragrō''' (present infinitive peragrāre, perfect active peragrāvī, supine peragrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|ager|-ō|t2=field, land]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ager]] to [[itc-pro|*agro-|t=field]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-ro-|t=uncultivated field, pasture]], derived from the root “to drive”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἀγρός|tr=agrós|t=field]], [[sa|अज्र|tr=ájra-|t=field]] and [[got|𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃|tr=akrs|t=field]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in a historical play of Accius, where the Caleti scour the land with loud cries and menacing din.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to travel over every part of a territory, to wander through or scour it;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is classical and compare [[percurro|alt=percurrō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of news and the like it is to spread through, as Cicero's eloquence that sailed from the Piraeus and travelled through all the islands.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to go through something in the mind or in speech, as Cicero's searching out every hiding place of suspicion.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Velleius uses the perfect participle in an active sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “visit, travel, pass through”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a people scouring the land.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of eloquence spreading through the islands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius uses the participle in an active sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To travel over every part of, wander through, [[m|en|traverse]], [[m|en|scour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of news, to spread through.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To go through with the mind or in speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perāgrātiō]]

+ * [[peragratrix]]

+ * [[perāgrāns]]

+ * [[perāgranter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[peregrinus|alt=peregrīnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}