pervius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pervius, pervia, pervium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
passable, traversable; penetrable;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pulcherrime mundi, Publica quem primum vota precesque vocant, Pervius exiguos habitabas ante penates, Plurima qua medium Roma terebat..."- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...undas, nec pede per terras: patuit mihi pervius aether. dona fero Cereris, latos quae sparsa per agros frugiferas..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lapidum ictu, donec altero specus eius ore—nam pervius erat—invento utraeque fauces congestis lignis accensae. Ita intus..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...petitus rex, positisque castris apud Zeugma, unde maxime pervius amnis, postquam inlustres Parthi rexque Arabum Acbarus advenerat, monet..."