περάω
perao
drive right through
Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
περάω (A), late Ep. part. περόων IG 12(8).441.3 (Thasos), Epigr.Gr. 1068.8 (Syria); Ep. inf. περάαν Od. 5.174: Ion.impf. περάασκε ib.480: fut. περάσω [ᾱ], Ion. and Ep. περήσω Il. 5.646; inf. περησέμεναι 12.200: aor. ἐπέρᾱσα, Ion. and Ep. ἐπέρησα, πέρησα Od. 24.118 (ἐπέρασσα f.l. in 5.409, late opt. περάσειας [ᾰ] 608); Aeol. ἐπέραισα Supp. 7.8: pf. πεπέρᾱκα Pers. 65 (lyr.), 192 :—A. drive right through, λευκοὺς δʼ ἐπέρησεν ὀδόντας Il. 5.291. 2. more freq. pass right across or through a space, traverse, freq. of water, θάλασσαν, πόντον, Od. 6.272, 24.118; λαῖτμα θαλάσσης 5.174; ὕδωρ Op. 738 ; Ἀχέροντα Alc.l. c.; ἅλα N. 3.21 ; Τάναϊν 4.115 ; πόντου φλοῖσβον, [ποταμόν], Pr. 792, 718; πέλαγος Αἰγαῖον Aj. 461; also pass a barrier or boundary, πύλας Ἀΐδαο περήσει Il. 5.646, cf. 427; [τάφρος] ἀργαλέη περάαν hard to pass, Il. 12.63, cf. 53,al.; τὰς φυλακὰς π. pass the guards, secretly or by force, 3.72; π. Τεύθραντος ἄστυ Μυσῶν Supp. 549 (lyr.); γῆς ὁρίσματα Rh. 437: metaph., κίνδυνον π. pass through a danger, Ch. 270; π. πλοῦς accomplish them, Oec. 21.3 (s.v.l.); π. ὅρκον, prob. go beyond, transgress the oath, Eu. 489 (sed leg. πορόντας). 3. less freq. of Time, pass through, complete, τέλος δωδεκάμηνον περᾶσαι an office of twelve months’ duration, N. 11.10; τοῦ βίου τέρμα OT 1530; τὴν τελευταίαν ἡμέραν Andr. 102; οἱ τὴν ἡλικίαν πεπερακότες Lac. 4.7. II. intr., penetrate, pierce, of a pointed weapon, Il. 21.594; of violent rain, οὔτʼ ὄμβρος περάασκε διαμπερές Od. 5.480, cf. 19.442; διὰ κροτάφοιο through the temples, Il. 4.502; ὀστέον εἴσω into the bone, ib.460; extend, reach to a place, οὐδαμοῖ π. Cyn. 8.5. 2. pass, διʼ Ὠκεανοῖο Od. 10.508; διὰ (or διὲκ) προθύροιο h.Merc. 271, 158; ὡς ὁπότʼ ὠκὺ νόημα διὰ στέρνοιο περήσῃ ib.43 ; ἐπὶ πόντον, ἐφʼ ὑγρήν, Il. 2.613, Od. 4.709; διὰ πόρον across the strait, Pers. 501; διὰ Κυανέας ἀκτάς through the Symplegades, Andr. 864 (lyr.); διὰ ῥοάς Rh. 919; ἐπʼ οἶδμα IT 417 (lyr.); ὑπʼ οἴδμασιν Ant. 337 (lyr.); μή σε λάθῃ . . ταύτῃ περῶν Av. 1195. 3. pass to or from a place, εἰς Ἀΐδαο 906; ποτὶ Φᾶσιν I. 2.41; εἰς χώραν Pers. 65 (lyr.); ἐξ ἐνέρων Pr. 572 (lyr.); ἐκ δόμων, ἔξω δωμάτων, Ant. 386, OT 531; γῆς ἔξω Med. 272; δόμων ἔσω Or. 1572; ποῖ περῶ; Ph. 981 : c. acc. loci, π. Δελφούς ib.980; μέλαθρα, δόμους, ib.299 (lyr.), Hipp. 782. 4. rarely of Time, διὰ γήρως π. Mem. 2.1.31; εὐδαίμων π. live happy, Orac. ap. Cyr. 7.2.20. 5. pass all bounds, OC 155 (lyr.): c. gen., θυμοῦ π. in wrath, OT 674. 6. with instrument of motion in acc., π. πόδα Hec. 53.
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