perago

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin peragō

From per- (“through”) + agō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.ra.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.ra.ɡo]

Verb

peragō (present infinitive peragere, perfect active perēgī, supine perāctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to pierce, transfix

   Synonyms: trānsfīgō, percutiō, cōnfodiō, intrō, trāiciō, trānsigō, fodiō, fīgō

2. (transitive) to traverse, pass through

   Synonyms: trānsgredior, praetereō, trānseō, superō, praeferō, intrō, trānsmittō

3. (transitive) to harass, disturb, annoy

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, irrītō, percieō, concieō, cieō, lacessō, stimulō, īnfestō, agitō, angō, disturbō, ēvertō, concitō, moveō, agō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

4. (transitive) to execute, finish, accomplish, complete

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, claudō, inclūdō, perferō, persolvō, exhauriō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 9.653:

     Vixi, et quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi

     I have lived, and the course Fortune has given, I have completed

5. (transitive) to kill, slay

   Synonyms: neco, caedo, obtruncō, interficio, trucīdō, eneco, occido, perimō, conficio, interimō, percutio, sōpiō, dēiciō, iugulō, tollo, absūmō, cōnsūmō

6. (transitive) to exhaust, use up

   Synonyms: abutor, eneco, tero, atterō, conterō, dēterō, exhauriō, adedō, accido, effundo

7. (intransitive) to pass one's life

Conjugation

   Conjugation of peragō (third conjugation)

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peragō	peragis	peragit	peragimus	peragitis	peragunt
imperfect	peragēbam	peragēbās	peragēbat	peragēbāmus	peragēbātis	peragēbant
future	peragam	peragēs	peraget	peragēmus	peragētis	peragent
perfect	perēgī	perēgistī	perēgit	perēgimus	perēgistis	perēgērunt, perēgēre
pluperfect	perēgeram	perēgerās	perēgerat	perēgerāmus	perēgerātis	perēgerant
future perfect	perēgerō	perēgeris	perēgerit	perēgerimus	perēgeritis	perēgerint
passive	present	peragor	perageris, peragere	peragitur	peragimur	peragiminī	peraguntur
imperfect	peragēbar	peragēbāris, peragēbāre	peragēbātur	peragēbāmur	peragēbāminī	peragēbantur
future	peragar	peragēris, peragēre	peragētur	peragēmur	peragēminī	peragentur
perfect	perāctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	perāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	perāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peragam	peragās	peragat	peragāmus	peragātis	peragant
imperfect	peragerem	peragerēs	perageret	peragerēmus	peragerētis	peragerent
perfect	perēgerim	perēgerīs	perēgerit	perēgerīmus	perēgerītis	perēgerint
pluperfect	perēgissem	perēgissēs	perēgisset	perēgissēmus	perēgissētis	perēgissent
passive	present	peragar	peragāris, peragāre	peragātur	peragāmur	peragāminī	peragantur
imperfect	peragerer	peragerēris, peragerēre	peragerētur	peragerēmur	peragerēminī	peragerentur
perfect	perāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	perāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perage	—	—	peragite	—
future	—	peragitō	peragitō	—	peragitōte	peraguntō
passive	present	—	peragere	—	—	peragiminī	—
future	—	peragitor	peragitor	—	—	peraguntor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	peragere	peragī	peragēns	—
future	perāctūrum esse	perāctum īrī	perāctūrus	peragendus, peragundus
perfect	perēgisse	perāctum esse	—	perāctus
future perfect	—	perāctum fore	—	—
perfect potential	perāctūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
peragendī	peragendō	peragendum	peragendō	perāctum	perāctū

Derived terms

• perāctiō

Descendants

• ⇒ English: peract

References

• “perago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perago in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “perago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perago”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to carry out one's plan: propositum assequi, peragere