pervicit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pervinco, pervincere, pervici, pervictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
conquer completely; carry (proposal), gain an objective, persuade;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...primus portarum claustra cupiret. ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...amnem Erinden; in cuius transgressu multum certato pervicit Vardanes, prosperisque proeliis medias nationes subegit ad flumen Sinden, quod..."