Latin

Verb

perveniō ‎(present infinitive pervenīre, perfect active pervēnī, supine perventum); fourth conjugation

1. I come, arrive
2. I reach, attain, come to

Inflection

Synonyms

• (come, arrive): adsum, adveniō

Antonyms

• (come, arrive): abambulō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō

Derived terms

• perventiō
• perventor

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: pervenir
• French: parvenir
• Italian: pervenire

References

• pervenio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pervenio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pervenio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come to Rome: Romam venire, pervenire
    
  • to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
    
  • to come into some one's hands: in alicuius manus venire, pervenire
    
  • to live to a very great age: ad summam senectutem pervenire
    
  • affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: ad extrema perventum est
    
  • to attain to the highest eminence: ad summam auctoritatem pervenire
    
  • to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire
    
  • he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
    
  • to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
    
  • to be plunged into the depths of despair: ad (summam) desperationem pervenire, adduci (B. C. 2. 42)
    
  • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
    
  • to attain to the highest offices: ad summos honores pervenire (cf. also sect. V. 17)