pervulgo

pervulgo or -volgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to communicate to the people, to make publicly known, to publish, spread abroad (class.; cf. publico).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen., Lucr. 5, 1162:

de re illustri et facile etiam in vulgus pervulgatā,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

in re tam clarā, tam testatā, tam abs te ipso pervulgatā,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

illas tabulas pervulgari atque edi populo Romano imperavi,

id. Sull. 15, 42:

praemia virtutis in mediocribus hominibus pervulgari,

id. Inv. 2, 39, 114; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 44.—

B.

In partic., to make one's self common, to prostitute one's self:

mulier, quae se omnibus pervulgaret,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38.—

II.

Transf., to visit often, to frequent, haunt a place ( poet. ): litus pervolgans feror, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 108 Rib.):

solis pervolgant fulgura caelum,

Lucr. 2, 164:

quae pervolgant nemora avia pervolitantes,

id. 2, 346; 4, 208. —Hence, pervulgātus ( pervolg- ), a, um, P. a.

A.

Very usual, very common, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 149:

at hoc pervolgatum est nimis,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 121:

consolatio pervulgata,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

notius pervulgatiusque,

Gell. 7, 17, 8:

pervulgatissima verborum dignitas,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 11.—

B.

Well known:

maledicta pervulgata in omnes,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6:

humanitas,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 9.— Adv.: pervulgātē, after the manner of the people, as the vulgar do:

pervulgate magis quam inscite locutus es,

Gell. 18, 10, 6; 16, 7, 12.