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|lshtext=<b>per-fundo</b>: fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[pour]] [[over]], to [[wet]], [[moisten]], [[bedew]], [[besprinkle]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[umecto]], [[aspergo]], [[imbuo]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[pour]] [[into]] [[any]] [[thing]] ([[post]]-Aug.): sextarios musti in vas, Col. 12, 24, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of garments, to [[steep]], [[dye]] ([[poet]].): ostro Perfusae vestes, steeped in [[purple]], Verg. A. 5, 112.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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