I.to flow through, press through, penetrate.
I. Lit. (rare): “in saxis ac speluncis permanat aquarum Liquidus umor,” Lucr. 1, 348: “permanat calor argentum,” id. 1, 494: “primordia singula per quojusque foramina permanare,” id. 2, 397; so id. 6, 952; 3, 699.—
II. Transf., to flow to any place; to penetrate, reach anywhere (class.; “syn.: penetro, pervado): sucus permanat ad jecur,” Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137: “venenum in omnis partis corporis permanat,” id. Clu. 62, 173 (but in Lucr. 1, 122, the correct read. is permaneant; v. Lachm. ad h. l., and permaneo, α).—
B. Trop.
1. To penetrate, reach, extend to any place: “amor usque in pectus permanavit,” Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 63; Lucr. 3, 253: “conclusiunculae ad sensus non permanantes,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42: “ut sermones hominum ad vestras aures permanarent,” id. Balb. 25, 56: “macula permanat ad animum,” id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66: “Pythagorae doctrina permanavisse mihi videtur in hanc civitatem,” id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2; cf.: “hoc ubi uno auctore ad plures permanaverat, etc.,” Caes. B. C. 2, 29, 1.—*
2. Permanare palam, to be divulged, become known, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 25.
