(verb) : per-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, and
* A., to break through.
* Neutr., to break or rush through, to force one's way through: per medios hostes perrumpunt,Caes. B. G. 6, 39: in vestibulum templi,Liv. 3, 18: in urbem,id. 10, 41: in triclinium usque,Suet. Oth. 8.—Impers. pass.: nec per castra eorum perrumpi ad Capuam posse,Liv. 26, 7.
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* In gen., to break through any thing: ut rates perrumperet,Caes. B. C. 1, 26: perrumpitur concretus aër,Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42: bipenni Limina,Verg. A. 2, 479: laterum cratem,Ov. M. 12, 370: costam,Cels. 8, 9.
* In partic., to force one's way through any thing: paludem,Caes. B. G. 7, 19: acie perruptā,Vell. 2, 112, 6; Tac. H. 2, 44: perruptus hostis,id. A. 1, 51: Acheronta,Hor. C. 1, 3, 36.
* Trop., to break through, break down, overcome: leges,Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36: periculum,id. Part. 32, 112: quaestiones,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 13: perrumpi affectu aliquo,Tac. A. 3, 15: magistratus, qui te invito perrumpunt,overcome your modesty,id. ib. 4, 40: fastidia,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 25.

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