pervinco
vīci, victum, 3, v. n. and a.
I.
I.
Lit.
A.
Neutr., to conquer completely, gain a complete victory: pervicit Bardanes, Tac. A. 11, 10.—
B.
Act., to conquer or defeat completely, gain a complete victory over: ne nos subdolā perfidiā pervincamur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67: pervince, Theseu, quidquid alto in pectore Remanet pavoris, Sen. Herc. Fur. 654: dominae pervincere mores, Prop. 1, 17, 15.—
II.
Transf.
A.
To carry a point, maintain one's opinion: restitit ac pervicit Cato, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8.—
B.
To surpass, outdo, exceed: sonum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200.—
C.
To induce or prevail upon with great effort, to effect with much labor, to bring about, achieve, etc.: multis rationibus pervicerat Rhodios, ut, etc., Liv. 42, 45: at illam non verbera, non ignes pervicere, quin, etc., Tac. A. 15, 57: pervicerunt quidem remis, ut tenerent terram, Liv. 37, 16: neque pervincere potuit, ut referrent consules, id. 4, 12: hoc est tibi pervincendum, Cat. 76, 15; Tac. A. 14, 14.—
D.
To outbid in buying: si amas, eme: facito ut pretio pervincas tuo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 57.—
E.
To prove, demonstrate: aliquid dictis, Lucr. 5, 99.