pererratus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pererrō

Participle

pererrātus (feminine pererrāta, neuter pererrātum); first/second-declension participle

1. having wandered, rambled or roamed over or through
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.294–295:

     “‘Hōs cape fātōrum comitēs, hīs moenia quaere
     magna, pererrātō statuēs quae dēnique pontō.’”

     [Aeneas dreams that Hector tells him to:] “‘Take these [household gods] as comrades of [your] fortunes, seek for them great city walls which you, [after] having wandered across the sea, will establish at last.’”
     (Ablative absolute: pererrātō…pontō.)

2. (transferred) having searched, surveyed, scanned, looked over or through

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pererrātus	pererrāta	pererrātum		pererrātī	pererrātae	pererrāta
genitive	pererrātī	pererrātae	pererrātī		pererrātōrum	pererrātārum	pererrātōrum
dative	pererrātō	pererrātae	pererrātō		pererrātīs
accusative	pererrātum	pererrātam	pererrātum		pererrātōs	pererrātās	pererrāta
ablative	pererrātō	pererrātā	pererrātō		pererrātīs
vocative	pererrāte	pererrāta	pererrātum		pererrātī	pererrātae	pererrāta