adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pervius
pervius (feminine pervia, neuter pervium)
Classical[ˈpɛr.wi.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.vi.us]
Meaning
- adjectivehaving a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable
Ceterum hoc gaudium magna prope clade in Samnio foedatum est. Nam ab Saticula profectus Cornelius consul exercitum incaute in saltum cava valle pervium circaque insessum ab hoste induxit nec prius quam recipi tuto signa non poterant imminentem capiti hostem vidit.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita VII.34
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pervius | pervia | pervium |
| genitive | perviī | perviae | perviī |
| dative | perviō | perviae | perviō |
| accusative | pervium | perviam | pervium |
| ablative | perviō | perviā | perviō |
| vocative | pervie | pervia | pervium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | perviī | perviae | pervia |
| genitive | perviōrum | perviārum | perviōrum |
| dative | perviīs | perviīs | perviīs |
| accusative | perviōs | perviās | pervia |
| ablative | perviīs | perviīs | perviīs |
| vocative | perviī | perviae | pervia |
pervĭus, a, um, adj. per-via,
I. that has a passage through; hence,
I. Lit., that may be passed through or crossed, affording a passage through, passable, pervious (class.):
aedes, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 14: transitiones, thoroughfares, passages, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67: hostes saltus pervios ceperant, Liv. 9, 43: usus Tectorum inter se, Verg. A. 2, 453: Phoebo non pervia taxus, i. e. impervious to the sun's rays, Luc. 6, 645: pervius hastis, id. 2, 310: rima pervia flatibus, Ov. M. 15, 301: non ulli pervia vento, id. ib. 2, 762: equo loca pervia, id. ib. 8, 377: Baianae pervia cymbae stagna, Juv. 12, 80: unde maxime pervius amnis, is most fordable, Tac. A. 12, 12: Phasis pontibus CXX. pervius, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 13: sacraria Fauni pervia, i. e. accessible to all, not set apart by consecration, Calp. Ecl. 1, 15.—Hence, subst.: pervĭum, ii, n., a thoroughfare, passage: ne pervium illa Germanis exercitibus esset, Tac. H. 3, 8.—B. Transf.
1. Act., that makes a passage through, penetrating:
ensis, Sil. 10, 249.—2. Pass., perforated, pierced: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 6.—
II. Trop.: cor meum mihi nunc pervium est, my heart is now open, i. e. light or easy, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 70 (760 Ritschl):
nihil ambitioni pervium, accessible, Tac. A. 13, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pervius adj.
per+via, that may be crossed, affording a passage, passable, accessible : aedes, T.: transitiones, thoroughfares : saltūs, L.: usus Tectorum inter se, V.: rima pervia flatibus, O.: equo loca pervia, O.: nihil ambitioni, Ta.—As subst n., a thoroughfare, passage , Ta.
Origins
From per + via.
Descendants
- Englishpervious