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