peractus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of peragō.

Participle

perāctus (feminine perācta, neuter perāctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. pierced, transfixed
  2. traversed
  3. harassed
  4. carried through, executed, finished, accomplished, completed
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.667–668:
      vīlice, dā requiem terrae sēmente perāctā;
      dā requiem, terram quī coluēre, virīs.
      Overseer, give rest to the farmland, the sowing having been completed;
      and give rest to the men who tilled the land.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative perāctus perācta perāctum perāctī perāctae perācta
Genitive perāctī perāctae perāctī perāctōrum perāctārum perāctōrum
Dative perāctō perāctō perāctīs
Accusative perāctum perāctam perāctum perāctōs perāctās perācta
Ablative perāctō perāctā perāctō perāctīs
Vocative perācte perācta perāctum perāctī perāctae perācta

References

  • peractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • peractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • after a year has elapsed: anno peracto, circumacto, interiecto, intermisso