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pĕr-ūro , ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.,
I.to burn through and through; hence,
I. Lit.
A. To burn up, consume: “perussit ignis multa,Lucr. 5, 396: “perusti late agri,Liv. 24, 20: “vas,Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 165.—Esp., to be burned or scorched by the sun: “Libyco sole perusta coma,Prop. 4 (5), 9, 46.mixti Garamante perusto,sunburned, swarthy, Luc. 4, 679: “perusti Indiae populi,Sen. Med. 484: “zona perusta,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 8.—
B. To heat, burn, inflame: “febri peruri,Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: “sitis praecipue fatigatas perurebat,Curt. 4, 16, 12.—
C. To inflame, gall, rub sore: “Ibericis peruste funibus latus,Hor. Epod. 4, 3: “oneri colla perusta,Ov. P. 1, 5, 24: “tempora,Luc. 6, 193.—
2. Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch: “substramentis per hiemem operito, ne peruratur,Cato, R. R. 161: “aliquid frigore,Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 6: “terra perusta gelu,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 48: “perurere congelationibus vulnera,Col. 4, 8, 2.—
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