pĕrĕgrīnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to be or live in foreign parts, to sojourn abroad, to travel about (class.; cf.: peragro, migro).
- I. Lit.: peregrinari totā Asiā, Cic. Brut. 13, 51: in alienā civitate, id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: in terrā, Vulg. Gen. 47, 4.
- II. Trop.
- A. To go abroad, to travel about; to roam, rove, or wander about: haec studia pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur, Cic. Arch. 7, 16: animus late longeque peregrinatur, id. N. D 1, 20, 54: in infinitatem omnem, to roam through all infinity, id. Tusc. 5, 39, 114.
- B. To be abroad, be a stranger, a sojourner (cf. peregrinus, B.): philosophiae quasi civitatem dare, quae quidem adhuc peregrinari Romae videbatur, Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40: vestrae peregrinantur aures? id. Mil. 12, 33.
With ab, to be absent from, a stranger to: a corpore, a Dei regno, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 12, § 17; id. de Isaac et An. 5, 17; so, a Domino, Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 5, 8.