Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.“pertunsus,” Aur. Vict. Epit. 9, 10), 3, v. a., to beat, push, or thrust through, to make a hole through, to bore through, perforate (mostly ante-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): latus pertudit hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 395 Vahl.); cf.: me pertudit in latus, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 81 (Ann. v. 540 ib.): “terebrā vitem,” Cato, R. R. 41, 3: “calicem per fundum,” id. ib. 52, 1: “crumenam,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 37: “guttae saxa pertundunt,” Lucr. 4, 1287: “tigna terebrare et pertundere perque forare,” id. 5, 1268: “tunicam,” Cat. 32, 11: “positos tineā pertunde libellos,” Juv. 7, 26: “mediam venam,” to lance. id. 6, 46: “lapide ungulam,” Col. 6, 15, 1: “crebra foramina,” Vitr. 10, 22.—Hence, pertūsus , a, um. P. a., perforated, that has a hole or opening: “pertusa sella,” Cato, R. R. 157: “compita,” passable, Pers. 4, 28: “laenā,” Juv. 5, 131.—Prov.: “ingerere aliquid in pertusum dolium,” i. e. to spend one's time to no purpose, to labor in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 135; cf.: “non omnia pertusum congesta quasi in vas Commoda perfluxere,” Lucr. 3, 937: “mittere in sacculum pertusum,” Vulg. Ag. 1, 6.