(v. a.P. a.) : per-misceo, scŭi, stum, and xtum, 2, v. a.
* To mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle.
* Lit.: naturam cum materiā,Cic. Univ. 7: permixti cum suis fugientibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 62: permixtum senatui populi concilium,Liv. 21, 14: equites turbae hostium,id. 39, 51: fructus acerbitate permixti,Cic. Planc. 38, 92; Plin. 28, 17, 67, § 231: generique cruorem Sanguine cum soceri permiscuit impius ensis,Ov. M. 14, 801: omnes in oratione esse quasi permixtos et confusos pedes,Cic. Or. 57, 195: (gagates lapis) medetur strumis cerae permixtus,Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 142: corpora viva permista sepultis,Luc. 2, 152: alicui totum ensem,to plunge his whole sword into his body,Sil. 10, 259.
* Trop.
* In gen., to mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle: ne tuas sordes cum clarissimorum virorum splendore permisceas,Cic. Vatin. 5, 13: tristia laetis,Sil. 13, 385: geminas e sanguine matris permistura domos,Luc. 2, 333: acerbitas morum ne vino quidem permista,Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26.—Of language: quibus (intervallis longis et brevibus) implicata atque permixta oratio,Cic. Or. 56, 187.
* In partic., to confound, disturb, throw into confusion, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123: omnia,id. Planc. 17, 41; cf.: omnia divina humanaque jura permiscentur,Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.: domum,Verg. A. 7, 348; Sall. J. 5, 2: Graeciam,Cic. Or. 9, 20: omnia gravi timore,Flor. 1, 18, 12.—Hence, permixtus, a, um (perh. not permistus in class. Lat.), P. a.
* Promiscuous, confused: permixta caedes,Lucr. 3, 643; 5, 1313: mores,disordered, disorderly,id. 3, 749.
* Filled: permixtus maerore,App. M. 9, p. 235fin.—Adv.: per-mixtē, confusedly, promiscuously, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Part. 7, 24.

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