"per-" meaning in Latin

See per- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Italic *peri-. Related to per (“through”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*peri-}} Proto-Italic *peri-, {{m|la|per||through}} per (“through”) Head templates: {{head|la|prefix}} per-
  1. Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very" something. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-per--la-prefix-xjmJCez1
  2. Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-per--la-prefix-FnmWpLu6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -ior, -issimus

Download JSON data for per- meaning in Latin (1.3kB)

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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*peri-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per",
        "3": "",
        "4": "through"
      },
      "expansion": "per (“through”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *peri-. Related to per (“through”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "per-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-issimus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "magnus (“great, large”) → permagnus (“very great, very large”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "multī (“many”) → permultī (“very many”)"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to make adjectives or verbs that are \"very\" something."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely."
      ],
      "id": "en-per--la-prefix-FnmWpLu6",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "per-"
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  "categories": [
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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin prefixes",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic"
  ],
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "per-",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ior"
    },
    {
      "word": "-issimus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "magnus (“great, large”) → permagnus (“very great, very large”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "multī (“many”) → permultī (“very many”)"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to make adjectives or verbs that are \"very\" something."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
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      "glosses": [
        "Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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    }
  ],
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