pervenio

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [pɛrˈu̯ɛnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈve.ni.o/, [perˈvɛːnio]

Verb

perveniō (present infinitive pervenīre, perfect active pervēnī, supine perventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to come, arrive

   Synonyms: adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, tangō, prehendō

   Antonyms: abambulō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō, proficiscor

2. to reach, attain, come to

Conjugation

• Non-impersonal passive forms are found post-Classically.

Conjugation of perveniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perveniō	pervenīs	pervenit	pervenīmus	pervenītis	perveniunt
	imperfect	perveniēbam	perveniēbās	perveniēbat	perveniēbāmus	perveniēbātis	perveniēbant
	future	perveniam	perveniēs	perveniet	perveniēmus	perveniētis	pervenient
	perfect	pervēnī	pervēnistī	pervēnit	pervēnimus	pervēnistis	pervēnērunt, pervēnēre
	pluperfect	pervēneram	pervēnerās	pervēnerat	pervēnerāmus	pervēnerātis	pervēnerant
	future perfect	pervēnerō	pervēneris	pervēnerit	pervēnerimus	pervēneritis	pervēnerint
passive	present	—	—	pervenītur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	perveniēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	perveniētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	perventum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	perventum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	perventum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perveniam	perveniās	perveniat	perveniāmus	perveniātis	perveniant
	imperfect	pervenīrem	pervenīrēs	pervenīret	pervenīrēmus	pervenīrētis	pervenīrent
	perfect	pervēnerim	pervēnerīs	pervēnerit	pervēnerīmus	pervēnerītis	pervēnerint
	pluperfect	pervēnissem	pervēnissēs	pervēnisset	pervēnissēmus	pervēnissētis	pervēnissent
passive	present	—	—	perveniātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	pervenīrētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	perventum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	perventum esset, perventum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pervenī	—	—	pervenīte	—
	future	—	pervenītō	pervenītō	—	pervenītōte	perveniuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pervenīre	pervēnisse	perventūrum esse	pervenīrī	perventum esse	—
participles		perveniēns	—	perventūrus	—	perventum	perveniendum, perveniundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perveniendī	perveniendō	perveniendum	perveniendō	perventum	perventū

Derived terms

• perventiō
• perventor

Related terms

• adveniō
• anteveniō
• circumveniō
• contrāveniō
• conveniō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• trānsveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō

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
• pervenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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)