LAT
perlego
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Lewis Short
(verb) : per-lĕgo (pellĕgo, Cic. Att. 13, 44, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 571 P.), lēgi, lectum, 3
* In gen., to view all over, to examine thoroughly, scan, survey (only poet.): omnia oculis,Verg. A. 6, 33: aliquid vultu,Ov. H. 16, 11: perlege dispositas generosa per atria ceras,id. F. 1, 591; Stat. Th. 3, 499.
* In partic., to read through, read to the end (class.): has (tabellas),Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 64: tertium (librum) de naturā deorum,Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8: quando autem pelleget?id. Att. 13, 44, 2: litteras,Caes. B. C. 1, 19: (libros) praesta bis ne perlegant,Plin. H. N. 1 praef. § 33: leges,Juv. 14, 192: reliquum deincipe die perlecturus, App. Flor. n. 16.—Absol.: sine perlegam,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 104.
* Transf., to read any thing through, read aloud: leges perlege,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 2: senatum,to read over the names of all the senators,Liv. 38, 28: historiam,Suet. Claud. 41.
* In gen., to view all over, to examine thoroughly, scan, survey (only poet.): omnia oculis,Verg. A. 6, 33: aliquid vultu,Ov. H. 16, 11: perlege dispositas generosa per atria ceras,id. F. 1, 591; Stat. Th. 3, 499.
* In partic., to read through, read to the end (class.): has (tabellas),Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 64: tertium (librum) de naturā deorum,Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8: quando autem pelleget?id. Att. 13, 44, 2: litteras,Caes. B. C. 1, 19: (libros) praesta bis ne perlegant,Plin. H. N. 1 praef. § 33: leges,Juv. 14, 192: reliquum deincipe die perlecturus, App. Flor. n. 16.—Absol.: sine perlegam,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 104.
* Transf., to read any thing through, read aloud: leges perlege,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 2: senatum,to read over the names of all the senators,Liv. 38, 28: historiam,Suet. Claud. 41.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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