pervius

Latin

Etymology

From per + via.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pervius (feminine pervia, neuter pervium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita VII.34:
      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.
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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pervius pervia pervium perviī perviae pervia
genitive perviī perviae perviī perviōrum perviārum perviōrum
dative perviō perviae perviō perviīs
accusative pervium perviam pervium perviōs perviās pervia
ablative perviō perviā perviō perviīs
vocative pervie pervia pervium perviī perviae pervia

Descendants

  • → English: pervious

References

  • “pervius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pervius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pervius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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