perago

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra.ɡoː/, [ˈpɛräɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra.ɡo/, [ˈpɛːräɡo]

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, Virgil, Aeneid 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		peragere	perēgisse	perāctūrum esse	peragī	perāctum esse	perāctum īrī
participles		peragēns	—	perāctūrus	—	perāctus	peragendus, peragundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		peragendī	peragendō	peragendum	peragendō	perāctum	perāctū

Derived terms

• perāctiō

References

• “perago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perago in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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