perago

pĕr-ăgo, ēgi, actum ( inf. paragier, Cato, Orig. 7, p. 1), 3, v. a.

I.

To thrust through, pierce through, transfix (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Theseus latus ense peregit,

transpierced, Ov. H. 4, 119:

aliquem ardenti quercu,

Val. Fl. 1, 146; cf.:

externa peragi dextrā,

Sil. 11, 364.—Hence, transf., to kill, slay, Mart. 5, 37, 16.—

B.

To pass through, traverse:

freta,

Ov. H. 15, 65:

cum sol duodena peregit Signa,

id. M. 13, 618.—

II.

To drive about, harass, disturb, disquiet, agitate, annoy a person or thing (very rare):

pecora peragens asilus,

Sen. Ep. 58, 2: totum Sempronium usque eo perago, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.—

III.

To carry through, go through with, execute, finish, accomplish, complete, etc.

A.

In gen. (class.;

syn.: exsequor, conficio, patro): multum egerunt, qui ante nos fuerunt, sed non peregerunt,

Sen. Ep. 64, 8: carmen tubā solā peregit, Enn. ap. Lact. ad Stat. Th. 11, 56 (Ann. v. 508 Vahl.):

fabulam,

Cic. Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. ib. 18, 64 (and v. peractio):

comitia,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 10:

concilium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

partes suas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 5:

conata,

Juv. 13. 210:

inceptum,

Verg. A. 4, 452:

cursum,

id. ib. 4, 653; cf.:

coeptum iter,

Ov. F. 1, 188:

dona,

to finish distributing, Verg. A. 5, 362: mandata, Ov. M. 7, 502:

aetatem, vitam, aevum,

id. Tr. 4, 8, 13; 41; id. M. 15, 485:

facinus,

Juv. 6, 640; also, to exhaust:

quot viros,

Auct. Priap. 34.— Absol., = diagein, to pass one's life, Pers. 5, 138.— Pass. impers.:

Quis non peractum esse cum Pompeio crederet?

that the war with Pompey is ended, Flor. 4, 2, 53.—

B.

In partic., in jurid. Lat.:

reum,

to continue a prosecution till the defendant is condemned, Liv. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 4; Ov. P. 4, 6, 30; Val. Max. 6, 2, 4:

accusationem,

to prosecute to the end, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 6:

receptus est reus, neque peractus, ob mortem opportunam,

Tac. A. 4, 21.—

IV.

In gen., to work, or work up any thing.

A.

Lit.:

humum,

to till, cultivate, Ov. F. 4, 693:

cibum,

to digest, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183. —

B.

Trop., to go through, go over, to relate, describe, detail, state:

legatus peragit deinde postulata...Haec paucis verbis carminis concipiendique jurisjurandi mutatis peragit,

Liv. 1, 32, 6 sq.:

verbis auspicia,

to mention, id. 1, 18 fin.:

res pace belloque gestas,

to describe, treat of, id. 2, 1:

dum perago tecum pauca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2:

res tenues, tenui sermone peractas,

delivered, Hor. S. 2, 4, 9.