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Latin
Etymology
From per- + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perveniō (present infinitive pervenīre, perfect active pervēnī, supine perventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to come, arrive
- Synonyms: adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, tangō, prehendō
- Antonyms: abambulō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō, proficiscor
- to reach, attain, come to
Conjugation
- Non-impersonal passive forms are found post-Classically.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “pervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pervenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to come to Rome: Romam venire, pervenire
- to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
- to come into some one's hands: in alicuius manus venire, pervenire
- to live to a very great age: ad summam senectutem pervenire
- affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: ad extrema perventum est
- to attain to the highest eminence: ad summam auctoritatem pervenire
- to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire
- he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
- to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
- to be plunged into the depths of despair: ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- to attain to the highest offices: ad summos honores pervenire (cf. also sect. V. 17)