2.commonly, to pass across or through a space, to pass over, pass, cross, traverse, περᾶν θάλασσαν, πόντον Od.; πύλας πέρησεν passed through the gates, Il.; τάφρος ἀργαλέη περάαν hard to pass, id=Il.; τὰς φυλακὰς π. to pass the guards, Hdt.:—metaph., κίνδυνον π. to pass through, i. e. overcome, a danger, Aesch.; π. ὅρκον, prob. to go through the words of the oath, Lat. jusjurandum peragere, id=Aesch.
II.intr. to penetrate or pierce right through, of a weapon, Il.; of rain, Od.: to extend to a place, Xen.
2.to pass across, to pass, δι᾽ Ὠκεανοῖο Od.; ἐπὶ πόντον Il.; διὰ Κυανέας ἀκτάς through the Symplegades, Eur.