per-fundo — Lewis & Short
per-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.,
I to pour over, to wet, moisten, bedew, besprinkle (class.; syn.: umecto, aspergo, imbuo).
I Lit.:
aquā ferventi Philodamus perfunditur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:
fluviis pecus,Verg. G. 3, 445:
greges flumine,id. ib. 2, 147:
perfusus liquidis odoribus,Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: postquam perfusus est, had bathed, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:
panis perfusus aquā frigidā,Suet. Aug. 77:
pisces olivo,Hor. S. 2, 4, 50:
aliquem lacrimis,Ov. H. 11, 115; so, poet.:
Aurorae lacrimis perfusus,living far in the East, Sil. 3, 332:
perfundi nardo,Hor. Epod. 13, 9:
boves hic perfunduntur,bathe themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72.—
B Transf.
1 To pour into any thing (post-Aug.):
sextarios musti in vas,Col. 12, 24, 3.—
2 To cause to flow out, i. e. to knock out an eye (post-class.):
ut oculus puero perfunderetur,Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3 dub. (al. perfodere or effundere).—
3 Of perspiration or of streams, to pour or flow over, to drench, bathe (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ossaque et artus Perfundit toto proruptus corpore sudor,Verg. A. 7, 459:
tot amnium fontiumque ubertas totam Italiam perfundens,Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41:
Venafrano (oleo) piscem perfundere,Juv. 5, 86.—
4 Of garments, to steep, dye (poet.):
ostro Perfusae vestes,steeped in purple, Verg. A. 5, 112.—
5 To scatter or sprinkle over, to besprinkle, bestrew (poet.):
canitiem immundo perfusam pulvere turpans,Verg. A. 12, 611:
sanguine currum,Verg. A. 11, 88:
penates sanguine,Ov. M. 5, 155:
Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,Verg. G. 1, 78:
scena perfusa croco,Lucr. 2, 416.—
6 To cover (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
omne genus perfusa coloribus,Lucr. 2, 821:
auro tecta,Sen. Ep. 115, 9:
pedes amictu,Mart. 7, 33, 3.—
7 Of the sun's beams or fire, to flood or fill (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
sol perfundens omnia luce,Lucr. 2, 148; cf. Luc. 7, 215:
cubiculum plurimo sole perfunditur,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24:
campos lumine (facis),Sil. 10, 558.—
II Trop.
A To imbue, inspire, fill with any thing (class.):
ad perfundendum animum tamquam illiquefactae voluptates,Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20:
sensus jucunditate quādam perfunditur,id. Fin. 2, 3, 6:
sensus dulcedine omni quasi perfusi,id. ib. 2, 34, 114:
di immortales, qui me horror perfudit!id. Att. 8, 6, 3:
laetitiā,id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:
gaudio,Liv. 30, 16:
timore,id. 2, 63.—
2 In partic., to fill with the apprehension of any thing, i. e. to disturb, disquiet, alarm:
nos judicio perfundere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:
litora bello rapido,Sil. 15, 301; cf.:
(Mars) perfusus pectora tempestate belli,Stat. Th. 3, 228. —
B To imbue slightly, make superficially acquainted with any thing (the fig. being borrowed from dyeing;
post-Aug.): perseveret perbibere liberalia studia, non illa, quibus perfundi satis est, sed haec, quibus tingendus est animus,Sen. Ep. 36, 3; cf.:
acceperit: si illā (notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit,id. ib. 110, 8.