perlegitis
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...estne eius? NIC. Novi. libet perlegere has. C. Perlege. nunc superum limen scinditur, nunc adest exitium Ilio, turbat..."Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...excitat: 'accipe ceras, scribe, puer, uigila, causas age, perlege rubras maiorum leges; aut uitem posce libello, sed caput..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Saturnalicio lusit et ipse luto. CLXXXIII Homeri Batrachomachia. Perlege Maeonio cantatas carmine ranas Et frontem nugis solvere disce..."