perlecta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perlego, perlegere, perlegi, perlectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
read over/through (silent/aloud); scan, survey, run one's eyes over; recount;; attract/draw away; allure/seduce/entice/captivate; coax/induce/wheedle/win over;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...attulit minutissime scriptam, artissime plictam, et magna parte perlecta 'desinam' inquit 'si vultis': adclamatur 'recita, recita..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...conspectu suo statim captivum interfici iubet litterasque nondum perlectas, sicut erant signatae, dat homini certo ad Scipionem perferendas..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Asia aliave quaelibet miraculorum ferax commendatrixque terra, audita perlecta lustrata haberemus. Ipse certe nuper, quod nec audieram ante..."