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perfusio

perfusio · f

a pouring over

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What it meant

per-fūsĭo — Lewis & Short

per-fūsĭo, ōnis, f.id..

I In gen., a pouring over or upon, a wetting, moistening (post-Aug.). perfusio corporis ex aquā calidā, Cels. 4, 8; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74.—In plur.: alarum perfusiones, Plin. 23, 9, 82, § 164.—
II Esp., baptism, Lact. 4, 15, 1.

Where it came from

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