(verb) : per-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3
* To pour over, to wet, moisten, bedew, besprinkle (class.; syn.: umecto, aspergo, imbuo).
* 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.
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* 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).
* 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.
* Of garments, to steep, dye (poet.): ostro Perfusae vestes,steeped in purple,Verg. A. 5, 112.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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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