penetrate Copy link Outline 1. pĕnetro, 1 (either in strict physical sense; or = to make a way to)2. permāno, 1 (strictly, as a fluid does, to ooze through3. pervādo, si, sum (esp. to make way by force; also, in gen. sense)4. pervĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4 (to make one's way to, reach)5. descendo, di, sum, 3 (to sink down into)6. insĭnuo, 1 (with pron. refl., to work one's way in) • penetrate: 1. pĕnetro, 1 (either in strict physical sense; or = to make a way to): these particles cannot be p.d and so disintegrated, haec non possunt penitus penetrata retexi, Lucr. 1, 530: to p. the creeks of Illyria, Illyricos p. sinus, Virg. Aen. 1, 243: in prose, more properly foll. by prep., or adv. of place whither: they p.d within the rampart, intra vallum penetraverunt, Liv. 39, 31, med.: the reason of man has p.d the skies, hominum ratio in coelum usque penetravit, Cic. N. D. 2, 61, init.: where does not art p.? quo non ars p.? Ov. A. A. 3, 291. 2. permāno, 1 (strictly, as a fluid does, to ooze through: hence fig., of that which spreads quietly, imperceptibly): the poison p.s into every part of the body, venenum in omnes partes corporis p., Cic. Clu. 62, 173: v. to spread. 3. pervādo, si, sum (esp. to make way by force; also, in gen. sense): a cohort of Spaniards p.d as far as the rampart, cohors Hispanorum usque ad vallum pervasit, Liv. 26, 5, med.: no place whither the lust of our countrymen has not p.d, nullus locus quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit, Cic. Verr. 3, 89, init. 4. pervĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4 (to make one's way to, reach): v. to arrive. 5. descendo, di, sum, 3 (to sink down into): the weapon had not p.d deep into the body, ferrum haud alte in corpus descendisse, Liv. 1, 41, med.: Lucan: v. to sink. 6. insĭnuo, 1 (with pron. refl., to work one's way in): they p. between the squadrons of cavalry, inter turmas equitum se insinuant, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: Liv.