perfusus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of perfundō.

Participle

perfūsus (feminine perfūsa, neuter perfūsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread, coated, wet
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.221:
      perfūsus saniē vittās ātrōque venēnō .”
      “ his priestly bands soaked with blood and dark venom .”
  2. bathed, bedewed, sprinkled, moistened
  3. imbued

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • perfusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perfusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perfusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.