LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

pervādō

pervādō (present infinitive pervādere, perfect active pervāsī, supine pervāsum)
Classical[pɛrˈwaː.doː]Ecclesiastical[perˈvaː.do]

Meaning

  1. to pass or spread through; to pervade
  2. to invade; to intrude
  3. to reach (a place)
  4. Late Latinto usurp; to unjustly occupy

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pervādōpervādēbampervādampervāsīpervāserampervāserō
2nd sg.pervādispervādēbāspervādēspervāsistīpervāserāspervāseris
3rd sg.pervāditpervādēbatpervādetpervāsitpervāseratpervāserit
1st pl.pervādimuspervādēbāmuspervādēmuspervāsimuspervāserāmuspervāserimus
2nd pl.pervāditispervādēbātispervādētispervāsistispervāserātispervāseritis
3rd pl.pervāduntpervādēbantpervādentpervāsērunt
pervāsēre
pervāserantpervāserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pervādampervāderempervāserimpervāsissem
2nd sg.pervādāspervāderēspervāserīspervāsissēs
3rd sg.pervādatpervāderetpervāseritpervāsisset
1st pl.pervādāmuspervāderēmuspervāserīmuspervāsissēmus
2nd pl.pervādātispervāderētispervāserītispervāsissētis
3rd pl.pervādantpervāderentpervāserintpervāsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.pervādorpervādēbarpervādar
2nd sg.pervāderis
pervādere
pervādēbāris
pervādēbāre
pervādēris
pervādēre
3rd sg.pervāditurpervādēbāturpervādētur
1st pl.pervādimurpervādēbāmurpervādēmur
2nd pl.pervādiminīpervādēbāminīpervādēminī
3rd pl.pervādunturpervādēbanturpervādentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.pervādarpervāderer
2nd sg.pervādāris
pervādāre
pervāderēris
pervāderēre
3rd sg.pervādāturpervāderētur
1st pl.pervādāmurpervāderēmur
2nd pl.pervādāminīpervāderēminī
3rd pl.pervādanturpervāderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.pervādepervādere
pres. 2nd pl.pervāditepervādiminī
fut. 2nd sg.pervāditōpervāditor
fut. 3rd sg.pervāditōpervāditor
fut. 2nd pl.pervāditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.pervāduntōpervāduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepervāderepervādī
perfect infinitivepervāsissepervāsum esse
future infinitivepervāsūrum essepervāsum īrī
present participlepervādēns—
perfect participle—pervāsus
pervāsa, pervāsā, pervāsae, pervāsam, pervāsārum, pervāsās, pervāse, pervāsīs, pervāsō, pervāsōrum, pervāsōs
future participlepervāsūrus
pervāsūra, pervāsūrā, pervāsūrae, pervāsūram, pervāsūrārum, pervāsūrās, pervāsūre, pervāsūrī, pervāsūrīs, pervāsūrō, pervāsūrōrum, pervāsūrōs, pervāsūrum
pervādendus
pervādundus, pervādenda, pervādendā, pervādendae, pervādendam, pervādendārum, pervādendās, pervādende, pervādendīs, pervādendōrum, pervādendōs
gerundpervādendī, pervādendō, pervādendumsupinepervāsum, pervāsū

per-vādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.,
I. to go or come through, to pass or press through, to spread through (class.; syn. penetro).
I. Lit., constr. with acc. alone, or with per, ad, or in, and absol.: pervade polum, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.): incendium per agros pervasit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 66: per omnis partis provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam pestem tempestatemque pervasisse, id. ib. 2, 1, 38, § 96: ne cum in Siciliā quidem fuit ... pars ejus belli in Italiam ulla pervasit, id. ib. 2, 5, 2, § 6: per aequa et iniqua loca pervadunt, Liv. 25, 14, 9: pervadere usque ad vallum, id. 26, 5; 37, 25: pars magna equitum ad terga pugnantium pervasit, id. 42, 7, 7: Thessaliam cum exercitu pervadit, id, 42, 13, 8: venenum ita cunctos ejus artus pervasit, ut, etc., Tac. A. 13, 16: impetu equi pervasit, id. ib. 2, 17.—In pass.: pervasā urbe, Amm. 24, 2, 13: pervasis regionibus, id. 31, 3, 1; Sedul. 3, 309.—
B. Transf., to go, come, arrive anywhere: ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44: in nares, id. N. D. 2, 57, 145: ad castra, Liv. 7, 36.—
II. Trop.
A. To spread through, penetrate, pervade: opinio, quae per animos gentium barbararum pervaserat, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23: quo non illius diei fama pervaserit, id. ib. 15, 44: quas oras quasi morbus quidam illius furoris pervaserat, id. Sull. 19, 53.—With acc.: cum fama ea urbem atque forum pervasisset, Liv. 5, 7, 6: murmur totam contionem pervasit, id. 26, 15, 9; 2, 23, 7: pervasit jam multos ista persuasio, ut, etc., Quint. 8, 2, 21: capesse, per deos, rem publicam, et omnia aspera pervade, to break through, overcome, Sall. Or. ad Caes. Rep. Ord. 1, 6: pallor ora, Sil. 7, 427: magnam Asiae partem cis Euphraten tanti mali fama pervaserat, Curt. 10, 5, 18; cf.: ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit, per omnis velut continens incendium pervasurum, Liv. 37, 25, 6: victoriae Romanae fama cum pervasisset in Asiam, id. 45, 10, 1: terror in totam penitus aciem pervasit, id. 8, 9, 11: ex contagione, velut tabes, in Perrhaebiam quoque id pervaserat malum (i. e. seditiones), id. 42, 5, 7. —
B. To arrive at, reach a place: fines, Lucr. 1, 556: locus, quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 307.

Origins

From per- (prefix forming verbs that are intensive or completive) + vādō (“go, walk”), and so pervādō (“I go completely throughout”).

Descendants
  • Italianpervadere
  • Englishpervade

In English words that came into English from pervādō

  • pervasivepervāsus
  • pervadepervādō

Quick answers

What does pervādō mean in Latin?
pervādō, a verb, means “to pass or spread through; to pervade; to invade”.
What are the principal parts of pervādō?
pervādō, pervādere, pervāsī, pervāsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce pervādō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈwaː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈvaː.do].