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per through
per is a Latin Preposition that primarily means through.
Definitions for per
Wheelock's Latin
Preposition
- 1
+ acc., through; with reflexive pron., by; per- (assimilated to pel- before forms beginning with l-), as a prefix, through, through and through = thoroughly, completely, very
English derivatives:
perchance perforce perhaps perceive. perfect percolate percussion perchloride pellucid
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Preposition
- 1
(w. exprs. of motion) Through, across (a space, mass, surface, etc.). (b) through the middle of (a number of persons or objects). (c) through, across (a barrier of boundary); through (an aperture or vent). (d) (indicating the medium through which things are perceived).
- 2
Along (a linear object, route, or direction); over (a specified distance). (b) along with (a liquid, etc., esp. bodily fluid, in motion).
- 3
(in a stationary sense) Through the length of, along all or part of; (with measurement) along a distance of.
- 4
All over (an area, space, etc.) throughout. (b) ~ omnia, in all respects, throghout.
- 5
At or in each of (several points or places), throughout. (b) (distributively) to each or to every part of, throughout.
Sentences with per
Latin to English
Celer rūmor (celeris fāma) per omnem terram cucurrit.Compare Swift rumor ran through every land.
Servitūs omnis generis per tōtum mundum opprimenda est.Compare Slavery of every sort must be checked throughout the whole world.
Per alta vade spatia sublimi aethere; testare nullos esse, qua veheris, deos.Compare Go on through the lofty spaces of high heaven and bear witness, where thou ridest, that there are no gods.
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis. [De Rerum Natura,I,1]Compare Mother of Aeneas and his race, darling of men and gods, nurturing Venus, who beneath the smooth-moving heavenly signs fillest with thyself the ship-bearing sea and the fertile earth, since through thee every generation of living things is conceived and rising up looks on the light of the sun. [Tr. W. H. D. Rouse]
Principio caelum ac terram camposque liquentis lucentemque globum lunae Titaniaque astra spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet.Compare First, you must know that the heavens, the earth, the watery plains of the sea, the moon's bright globe, the sun and the stars are all sustained by a spirit within; for immanent mind, flowing through all its parts and leavening its mass, makes the universe work.
Quo modo nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, sic est aliquis oratorum campus, per quem nisi liberi et soluti ferantur debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia.Compare Just as a spacious course tests a fine horse, so the orator has his field, and unless he can move in it freely and at ease, his eloquence grows feeble and breaks down.
Is per aqua ferme genu tenus altus tres miles sequor.Compare Three soldiers followed him through the water, which was almost knee deep.
Duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus nigrae feraci frondis in Algido per damna, per caedes ab ipso ducit opes animumque ferro.Compare Like the holm-oak shorn by ruthless axes on Algidus where black leaves grow thick, through loss, through havoc, from the very edge of the steel draws new strength and heart.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 86.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1326.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "per (prep.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/per.
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Wheelock's Latin
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