I.to strain through, to filter, percolate.
I. Lit.: “tum vinum percolato, polentam abicito,” Cato, R. R. 108; Cels. 6, 9; Col. 12, 41, 2; Plin. 31, 6, 37, § 70.—
II. Transf., in gen., to cause to pass through: “umor per terras percolatur,” passes through, Lucr. 2, 475: cibos et potiones, to pass through one, i. e. to swallow and digest, Sen. Q. N. praef. § “3: terra bibula crebros imbros percolat atque transmittit,” Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110.