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pervello
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Lewis Short
(verb) : per-vello, velli, 3
* To pull or pluck hard; to pull, iwitch any thing.
* Lit.: nates,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: aurem,Phaedr. 5, 5, 32; also, prov., aurem, to pull one's ear, i. e. to remind one of a thing, Sen. Ben. 5, 7, 5; Val. Max. 1, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 94, 55; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; 5, 7, 6.
* Transf., to excite, sharpen: stomachum,Hor. S. 2, 8, 9.
* Trop.
* To twitch, pinch: fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit et pungere, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: si te forte dolor aliquis pervellerit,id. ib. 2, 20, 46.
* To revile, disparage: jus civile,Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265.
* To arouse, enliven: ad referendam gratiam fides languet: hanc pervellamus,Sen. Ben. 5, 23, 1.
* To pull or pluck hard; to pull, iwitch any thing.
* Lit.: nates,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: aurem,Phaedr. 5, 5, 32; also, prov., aurem, to pull one's ear, i. e. to remind one of a thing, Sen. Ben. 5, 7, 5; Val. Max. 1, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 94, 55; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; 5, 7, 6.
* Transf., to excite, sharpen: stomachum,Hor. S. 2, 8, 9.
* Trop.
* To twitch, pinch: fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit et pungere, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: si te forte dolor aliquis pervellerit,id. ib. 2, 20, 46.
* To revile, disparage: jus civile,Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265.
* To arouse, enliven: ad referendam gratiam fides languet: hanc pervellamus,Sen. Ben. 5, 23, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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