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perfusorius

perfusorius · adj

merely wetting

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Where it lives

Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

perfūsōrĭus — Lewis & Short

perfūsōrĭus, a, um, adj.perfundo,

I merely wetting or moistening; hence,

I Slight, superficial (post-Aug.): tenuis et perfusoria voluptas, Sen. Ep. 23, 4.—

II Disturbing, wrongful (post-Aug.): assertio, Suet. Dom. 8.—Adv.: perfūsōrĭē, slightly, superficially, cursorily, indefinitely (post-class.): perfusorie dicere, aut denuntiare, Dig. 43, 24, 5: dicere, ib. 21, 2, 69.

In the wild

perfusoriis Suetonius, Domitianus 8.1
perfusoriam Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 3.23.5

Where it came from

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