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come to understand thoroughly. Cic. Si 
usum rerum percallueris. Gcll. Disci- 
pliuas Stoicas percalluerat. 
PERCaNDEFACIB (per & caiidefacio), is, 
2 a. 3. to make very hot. Vitruv. Ignis 
percandefacit terrain. 
PkRGaNHIDOS (per & candidus), a, um, 
2 adj. very white. Cels. Percandida com- 
positio. 
PkRCaRCjS (per & earns), a, um, adj. 
2 very dear. Justin. Unus regi percarus. 
Tacit. Plancime percara. - IT Also, 
very dear, costly. Terent. 
PeRCAUI'uS (per & cautus), a, um, adj. 
very wary or cautious. Cic. 
PERCELEUER-(per & celeber), bris, bre, 
adj. very celebrated or famous. Plin. 
Pf.RCkLEBRS (per & celebro), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to divulge or spread abroad, 
make public every where. Cic. Versus 
tota Sicilia percelebrantur. Id. Perce- 
lebrata sermonibus res.- IT Also, to 
repeat or commit often. Arnob. Percele- 
brare mala. 
PERCELER (per & celer), is, e, adj. very 
quick or swift. Cic. 
PERCELERITER (per & celeriter), adv. 
very quickly. Cic. 
PERCELL5 (per & cello, obs.), is, culi, sel¬ 
dom culsi,culsum, a. 3. to thrust or strike 
aside, move forcibly, strike or beat down, 
bear down, upset, overthrow, overturn, ire- 
piTpe-rroi. Cato. Ventus plaustrum one- 
ratum percellit. And, proverb. Plant. 
Plaustrum perculi, I have managed mat¬ 
ters badly. Id. Peril! peroulit me prope, 
he has nearly upset me. Terent. Quo tru- 
dis ? perculeris jam tu me, you will have 
me down. Cic. Eos Martis vis perculit. 
Culum. Cum capram peslis perculerit. 
Liv. Percellere hostes, to defeat, rout. 
Id. Perculsis instare. - IT Also, to 
strike, hit, smite. Ovid. Quern cuspide 
■perculit heros. Liv. Feciali femur per¬ 
culit. Id. Feciali genu perculit, on his 
knee. Hence, figur. Val. Flacc. Vox 
repens perculit urbem.-IT Also, to 
cast down, overthrow, rum, destroy. Cic. 
Posse labefactari, adolescentiam plenam 
spei perculisse. Id. Se perculsum atque 
abjectum sentit. Sueton. Ceteros per¬ 
culit. Nep. Imperium facile perculit. 
Tai:it. Armis civilibus rempublicam per- 
culisset.-IT Also, to astonish, amaze, 
daunt, stun, surprise, strike with conster¬ 
nation. Cic. Hrec te vox non perculit ? 
Id. Timore perculsa civitas. Liv. Per- 
culsa metu. Cos. Deorum ira perculsi. 
Val. Flacc. Animos timer perculerat. 
Flor. Admiratione perculit.-IT Also, 
to excite. Apul. Ad turpitudinem sec- 
tatores suos percellens.-II We also 
find Perculit, passiv. for perculsus fuit. 
Flor. Dolo perculit. 
PERCENSE5 (per & censeo), es, ui, a. 2. 
1 to count, reckon up, recount, KaraptSpov- 
pai. Cic. Promerita percensere nume- 
rando. Tacit. Percensere nuinerum 
legionum. Plin. Percensere res Cresa- 
ris. Varr. Manipulos percerisent, they 
take them up one after another. Cic. Per¬ 
censere inveniendi locos, run over. ——- 
IT Also, to survey, examine, revise. Ovid. 
Totum percensuit orbern. Ocll. Ora- 
tionem per6ensuisse. Liv. Orationes 
legatorum percenseamus, let us take in 
hand ; let us examine. - IT Also, to 
pass or go through, travel over. Liv. Ita 
cum percensuisset Thessaliam. Ovid. 
Signa percensere. 
PeRGePTIS (percipio), onis, f. a gather¬ 
ing, collecting, KaraXyilns. Cic. Fru- 
guin, fructumque reliquornm perceptio. 
-IT Also, perception, knowledge, com¬ 
prehension. Cic. Animi perceptiones. 
Quintal. Perceptiones, notions, ideas. 
PERCEPT5R (Id.), oris, m. he that re- 
3 ceives, obtains, enjoys. Augustin. 
PERCID5 (per Sc credo), is, di, sum, a. 3. 
3 to strike, beat, maul. Plant. Si os perci- 
derim tibi.-IT Also, sensu obseeno. 
Martial. Aliquem percidere, h. e. predi¬ 
care. Id. Percidere alicui os, /(. e. bru¬ 
nt are. 
PERCIES (per & cieo), es, Ivi and ii, 
itum, a. 2. and PeRCIS (per & cio), is, 
Ivi and ii, Itum, n. 4. to move greatly, 
affect strongly, stir, excite. Lucret. Irai 
fax subdita percit. Id. Ocius ergo ani¬ 
mus, quam res se perciet ulla. Id. Per- 
C.iet aures, strikes. Terent. Re incredi- 
bili percitus. Cic. Animus iratus ac 
percitus. Hence, Percitus, easily ex¬ 
cited, impetuous, irritable. Liv. Ingeni- 
urn percitum. -IT Also, tu proclaim, 
call. Plant. Istum impudicum percies. 
PERCING8 (per & cingo), is, inxi, inc- 
tum, a. 3. to surround entirely. Colum. 
(Al. leg. prcccingo.) 
PeRCIS, is. See Percieo. 
PERCIPI8 (per& capio), is. cepi, ceptum, 
a. 3. to take up wholly, seize entirely, pos¬ 
sess, invade, occupy, KaraXapPav co. Lu- 
crct. Aera percipit ardor. Plaut. Mitai 
horror membra percipit. Terent. Urbis 
odium me percipit.-If Also, to re¬ 
ceive, assume, acquire. Culum. Succunt 
percipere. Plin. Colorem percipere. 
Ovid.' Percepitque novum ramis et 
fronde rigorem. Lucret. Sensus quig'- 
que suam proprie rern percipit in se. 
Ovid. Percipit auras. - II Also, to 
gather, reap, collect. Cic. Serere, per¬ 
cipere, condere fructus. Plin. Fruc- 
tum percipere ex olea. Id. Magna vec- 
tigalia ex ostrearum vivariis percipere, 
to derive, get, receive. Colum. Lanas 
diligenter percipere. — Also, to take, get, 
obtain, enjoy, acquire, receive. Colum. 
Omnia justa percipere, receive every at¬ 
tention. Cats. Percipere prremia. Jus¬ 
tin. Ex promissis de jam parte percepta. 
Sueton. Legata percepit. - IT Also, 
to perceive, feel. Cic. Quod neque ocu- 
lis, neque auribus percipi potest. Ovid. 
Et totis perceperat ossibus restum. Cic. 
Voluptas, qua*, percipitur sensibus. Id. 
Sonutn percipere, to hear. Liv. Quere- 
lre percipiebantur, were heard. Cic. Per- 
cipite, listen. -IT Also, to perceive, 
understand, comprehend, conceive, learn, 
know. Cic. Aliquid percipere, et com- 
prehendere. Id. Cognoscere, et perci¬ 
pere. Id. Percipere artificium aliquod. 
Id. philosophiam. Id. prrecepta artis. 
Id. Themistocles omnium civium no- 
mina perceperat, had committed to memo¬ 
ry. JJ'ep. Prrecepta percepta habuerat, 
h. e. perceperat, had learnt. Cic. No¬ 
men perceptum usu a nostris, current 
among us. And,absol. Id. Percepta ar¬ 
tis, the rules, principles. -IT Pcrcepset, 
for percepisset. Pacuv. ap. Cic. 
PERC1TS (per & cito), as, a. 1. to excite. 
3 Accius. 
PERCITilS, a, um. See Percieo. 
PERCIVILIS (per & civilis), e, adj. very 
2 civil or polite. Sueton. Sernto percivilis, 
very gracious. 
PeRCLaRES (per & clareo), es, rui, u. 
2. to shine very bright. Symmach. 
PeRCNoPTeROS (pitcpKvbnr epos, having 
black wings), i, m. same as Oripelar- 
nus. Plin . 
PERCNOS {ntpKvds, black), i, m. a kind 
of eagle. Plin. 
PeRCLuDS (per & claudo), is, usi, usum, 
3 a. 3. to close, fasten. Vitruv- 
PeRCoGNoSCS (per & cognosco), is, 
2 ovi, Itum, n. 3. to know thoroughly, know 
■perfectly well, fnayiviooKio. Plant. Utros- 
que percognovi. Plin. Legem naturre 
habere percognitam. 
PERC0LAPH8 (per & colaphus), or-APS, 
3 as, a. 1. to buffet, maul. Petr on. Istos 
percolaphabant. (Al. aliier leg.) 
PeRCoLaTIS (percolo), onis, f. a filter¬ 
ing, straining. Vitruv. 
PeRCoLS (per & colo), as, avi, atum, a. 
2 1. to filter, strain thoroughly, SivXigco, 
iiySew. Colum. Refrigerantur, et per- 
colantur. — And, figur. Lucret. Humor 
per terras percolatur, li. e. transinitti- 
tur. Sencc. Cibos et potiones perco¬ 
late, h. e. edere, bibere, et egerere. 
PERC8L8 (per & colo), is, olui, ultuin, 
2 a. 3. to perfect, finish, complete. Plin. 
Ep. Inchoata percolui.- IT Also, to 
respect greatly, reverence, love, honor, 
benefit. Plaut. Patrem tuuni si percoles. 
Tacit. Multos prrefecturis percoluit. Id. 
Conjugem liberosque ejus percolere. 
-- If Also, to polish, adorn, grace, deck, 
beautify. Tacit. Qure eloquentia perco- 
luere. Apul. Os percolere, to wash. 
Plaut. Femina perculta. 
PeRCOMIS (per & comis), e, adj. very 
courteous. Cic. 
PeRCoMMSDe (percommodus), adv. very 
conveniently, very seasonably. Cic. 
PERC6MM5D0S (per & commodus), a, 
um, adj. very convenient, suitable. Liv. 
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PeRCoNTaTIS (percontor), and PER. 
CuNCTaTIS (percunctor), onis, f. an 
asking, questioning, inquiry, interroga¬ 
tion, epwrqais. Cic. Reliquum tenpus 
percontatione consumpsimus. Cces. Nos 
nihil de eo percunctationibus reperie- 
bamus. — Also, a rhetorical figure. Cic 
PeRCoNTaTOR (percontor), and PER- 
3 CuNCTaTOR, oris, m. an aslccr of many 
questions, an inquisitive person. Ilorat. 
Percontatorem fugito. 
PeRCoNTS, as, a. 1. the same as Percon- 
3 tor. Gcll. 
PeRCoNTSR (per & contor), and PER- 
CuNCTSR (per & cunctor), aris, atus 
sum, dep. 1. to ask, ask strictly, inquire, 
demand, question, interrogate, examine, 
cpiorau), avepouat. Terent. Perconta- 
tum adventum ramphili, to inquire after. 
Cic. In percontando a peritis, in making 
inquiries of. Id. Me de republica per- 
contatus est, questioned me about. So, 
Id. Ex me percontari nostri augurii 
disciplinam. Herat. Mount si quis te 
percontabitur revunt. Plaut. Perconta- 
ri hanc paucis volt. And, Id. Si esses 
percontatus me ex aliis, inquired of 
others about me. -IT Also, to find out 
by inquiry. Apul. 
PeRCoNTOMaX (per & contumax), acis, 
3 adj. very stubborn or obstinate. Terent. 
PeRCoPIoSe (percopiosus), adv. very 
3 copiously or fully. Sidon. 
PeRCoPIoSuS (per & copiosus), a, um, 
adj. very copious. Plin. Ep. 
PERC5QU5 (per & coquo), is, oxi, oc.tum, 
a. 3. to boil thoroughly, cook, dress, roast. 
Plin. Carnes percoquunt. — And, 
hence, Ovid. Mora percoquit uvas, 
ripens. Lucret. Percoquere humorem, 
h. e. to heat. — Also, Id. Secla virum 
percocta, as it were roasted, blackened by 
the heat of the sun. 
PeRCoTe, es, f. nspKcbrri, a town of My- 
sia. Plin. — Hence, PercdsTus, a, um, 
adj. of Percote. Val. Flacc. 
PeRCRaSSOS (per & crassus), a, um, 
adj. very thick. Cels. 
PeRCReBReSCB (per & crebresco), is, 
brui and bui,\n. 3. to be divulged or 
spread abroad, become known or common, 
be noised abroad or talked of publicly, Sia- 
&pv\\ovpat. Cic. Hoc percrebrescit. 
Id. Res percrebuit. Id. Cum hrec fama 
percrebuerit, prevailed. Tacit. Conju- 
gia percrebuisse, had become frequent. 
PERCREP5 (per & crepo), as, pui, pitum, 
n. to resound, ring, vnepyx^ w ' ® c • 
Lucunt ilium percrepare vocibus. —— 
IT Also, act. to sing, celebrate. Lucil. 
Percrepa pugnam Pompilii. 
PeRCRiBRB (per & cribro), as, a. 1. to 
3 sift thoroil Ally. Scribon. Larg. 
PERCRCCI6 (per &. crucio), as, a. 1. to 
3 torment or vex greatly. Plaut. 
PeRCRODOS (per & crudus), a, um, adj. 
2 very crude or unripe. Colum. Pruna 
percruda. Vitruv. Percrudis coriis 
consutre, raw hides.. 
PeRCuDB (per & cudo), is, di, a. 3. to 
2 break or strike through. Colum. Pulli 
rostellis ova percudunt, crack the shell 
PERCuLStS (percello), us, m. a shock. 
3 Tertull. 
PERCuLSOS, a, uni. See Percello. 
PERCuLTQR (percolo), oris, nt. who re- 
3 spects, reveres, admires. Aurel. Viet. 
Pf.RCuLTOS, a, um. See Per colo. 
PEROONCToR, &c. See Percontor. 
PERCOPIDOS (per & cupidus), a, um, 
adj. very fond of, very kindly affected 
towards. Cic. 
PERCtfPIS (per & cupio), is, a. 3. to de¬ 
ll sire earnestly. Terent. 
PERCuRIoSuS (per & curiosus), a, um, 
adj. very curious, inquisitive, noXvnpay 
jio'v. Cic. 
PERC0R8 (per & euro), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to cure or heal thoroughly, KaraSepa- 
jrrfto. Liv. Vulnus percuratum. Se¬ 
ncc. Percurare mentem regram. 
PERC0RR5 (per&curro), is, curri and 
cucurri, ursutn, n. 3. to run or pass 
through or over. Lucret. Per mare et 
terras percurrere. C<es. Per temonein 
currus percurrere.- IT Also, to run 
pome whither. Terent. Percurro ad forum. 
Cal. ad Cic. Ad te percurri. Liv. Ci¬ 
tato equo Cales percurrit.-IT Also, 
act. to run or go through or over, traverse. 
Cats. Agrum Picenum percurrit Ovid 
