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pĕr-ăgo, ēgi, actum (inf. paragier, Cato, Orig. 7, p. 1), 3, v. a.

  1. I. To thrust through, pierce through, transfix (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Theseus latus ense peregit, transpierced, Ov. H. 4, 119: aliquem ardenti quercu, Val. Fl. 1, 146; cf.: externa peragi dextrā, Sil. 11, 364.
    Hence, transf., to kill, slay, Mart. 5, 37, 16.
    1. B. To pass through, traverse: freta, Ov. H. 15, 65: cum sol duodena peregit Signa, id. M. 13, 618.
  2. II. To drive about, harass, disturb, disquiet, agitate, annoy a person or thing (very rare): pecora peragens asilus, Sen. Ep. 58, 2: totum Sempronium usque eo perago, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.
  3. III. To carry through, go through with, execute, finish, accomplish, complete, etc.
    1. A. In gen. (class.; syn.: exsequor, conficio, patro): multum egerunt, qui ante nos fuerunt, sed non peregerunt, Sen. Ep. 64, 8: carmen tubā solā peregit, Enn. ap. Lact. ad Stat. Th. 11, 56 (Ann. v. 508 Vahl.): fabulam, Cic. Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. ib. 18, 64 (and v. peractio): comitia, id. N. D. 2, 4, 10: concilium, Caes. B. G. 6, 4: partes suas, Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 5: conata, Juv. 13. 210: inceptum, Verg. A. 4, 452: cursum, id. ib. 4, 653; cf.: coeptum iter, Ov. F. 1, 188: dona, to finish distributing, Verg. A. 5, 362: mandata, Ov. M. 7, 502: aetatem, vitam, aevum, id. Tr. 4, 8, 13; 41; id. M. 15, 485: facinus, Juv. 6, 640; also, to exhaust: quot viros, Auct. Priap. 34.
      Absol., = διάγειν, to pass one’s life, Pers. 5, 138.
      Pass. impers.: Quis non peractum esse cum Pompeio crederet? that the war with Pompey is ended, Flor. 4, 2, 53.
    2. B. In partic., in jurid. Lat.: reum, to continue a prosecution till the defendant is condemned, Liv. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 4; Ov. P. 4, 6, 30; Val. Max. 6, 2, 4: accusationem, to prosecute to the end, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 6: receptus est reus, neque peractus, ob mortem opportunam, Tac. A. 4, 21.
  4. IV. In gen., to work, or work up any thing.
    1. A. Lit.: humum, to till, cultivate, Ov. F. 4, 693: cibum, to digest, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183.
    2. B. Trop., to go through, go over, to relate, describe, detail, state: legatus peragit deinde postulata … Haec paucis verbis carminis concipiendique jurisjurandi mutatis peragit, Liv. 1, 32, 6 sq.: verbis auspicia, to mention, id. 1, 18 fin.: res pace belloque gestas, to describe, treat of, id. 2, 1: dum perago tecum pauca, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2: res tenues, tenui sermone peractas, delivered, Hor. S. 2, 4, 9.