pervius

Latin

Etymology

From per + via.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.vi.us]

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.