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os stantes percurrere aristas. Pro- 
pert. Percurrens luna fenestras, passing 
through, penetrating with its light. Lu- 
cret Calamos percurrit, plays upon. 
Vi.g. Percurrit pectine telas. Plin. 
Pe curritur glutino cliarta, h. e. is 
smeared over. Val. Flacc. Triplici per¬ 
currens tempora nodo, h. e. surrounding. 
— And, figur. Sueton. Amplissimos tio- 
nores percucurrit, h. e. ran through, ob¬ 
tained in succession. Plin. Mentainensas 
odore percurrit, passes or spreads its scent 
over the tables. -IT Also, to run over 
with words, relate briefly. Cic. Partes duffi, 
quas modo percucurri, have slightly 
touched upon. Id. Quas a te de arte per- 
cursa sunt. Id. JVIultas res oratione 
percurrere, to mention cursorily. Vellei. 
Paucis percurrere, to relate in brief. 
Virg. Poenarum percurrere nomina, run 
through, recite. -If Also, to examine, 
survey, meditate upon. Horat. Animo 
percurrisse polura, to have gone through 
or traversed. Cic. Multa animo et cogi- 
tatione percurrisse.-IT Also, to con¬ 
template, view. Horat. Veloci percurre 
oculo, scan with your eye. — Liv. Pagi- 
nas percurrere, to read. Cic. Multa 
legendo percurrisse. 
PeRCuRSaTIS (percurso), onis. f. a run¬ 
ning over, traversing, Siaipopq. Cic. 
Italiae percursatio. 
PeRC 0RSI5 (percurro), onis, f. a running 
through or over. Figur. Cic. Animi 
multarum rerum percursio.-IT Also, 
a passing over with words, a rapid rela¬ 
tion. Cic. Commorationi contraria per¬ 
cursio. 
PeRCuRSS (frequentat. from percurro), 
as, avi, atum, n. 1. to range or ramble 
up and down. Liv. Percursant totis fini- 
bus nostris. Plin. Paneg. ripas. 
PeRCuRS 5R (Id.), oris, m. one who runs 
through. Lactant. 
PeRCuSSIS (percutio), onis, f. a striking, 
beating,knocking, nXy^is. Cic. Pectoris 
percussiones Id. Digitorum percussio, 
a mapping of the fingers. - IT Also, 
a beating of time in music, a measuring of 
feet in verse, or of the members of a sen¬ 
tence. Cic. Percussiones numerorum. 
Id. Percussionum modi, Quintil. Ser- 
monis percussiones, quasi pedes. 
PeRCuSSOR (percutio), oris, in. a striker, 
person who deals a blow, rrAijxrris. Plin. 
Leo vulneratus percussorem novit.- 
IT Also, a murderer, cut-throat, hired 
assassin, bravo. Cic. Percussor depre- 
liensus cum sica. Sueton. Percussor 
subornatus alicui. - TI Percussor, a 
bravo, who executes the will of anoth¬ 
er ; Sicarius, an assassin, involving, by 
an allusion to hi§ weapon (sica), an 
idea of cowardice; Ilomicida, a murder¬ 
er. See Percutio. 
PeRCuSSuRX (percutio), te, f. a blow, 
3 thrust. Apul. 
PeRCuSSOS, a, um. See Percutio. 
PeRCuSSOS (percutio), us, m. a striking, 
beating. Plin. Venarum insquabili 
percussu. Ovid. Percussu crebro saxa 
cavantur aquis. 
PeRCOTI'S (per & quatio), utis, ussi, 
ussum, to strike, hit, beat., knock, smite, 
iraiu), TrXyTTco. Cic. Percussus lapide. 
Virg. virga. Liv. Forem virga percu- 
tere, to knock at. Tibull. Janua est 
percutienda manu. Ovid. Inque cor 
hamata percussit arundine Ditem. Cic. 
Iiunc Jupiter fulmine percussit. Id. 
Turres de ccelo percussor, blasted with 
lightning. Horat. Si cameram percusti 
forte (syncope for percussisti). Val. 
Place. Percutit lyram. Ovid. Percus- 
sam saxa secuta lyram. Senec. Per¬ 
cussit aures taciturn murmur. Virg. 
Palinis percussa lacertos.-IT Hence, 
to sta.mp, coin. Sueton. Nummum nota 
Capricorni percussit. And, figur. Apul. 
Vocabuia percutere, to coin new words. 
Sencc. OmniaTacta tua una forma per¬ 
cussa sint.-IT Also, to cut or thrust 
through, pierce. Liv. Mamilio pectus 
percussum est. Senec. Vena percutitur, 
is opened. Plin. Ep. Fossa a rege per¬ 
cussa, dug. -IT Hence, to kill, slay. 
Sueton. Hostem cominus sspe percus¬ 
sit. Ovid. Feras percutere. Cic. Ra- 
bocentum securi percussisti, beheaded. 
And, hence, ITert. Fcedus percutere, to 
conclude a treaty (because the covenant was 
ratified by killing swine). -IT And, fig¬ 
ur. to ruin, destroy. Sueton Ptolemse- 
uin repente percussit.-IT Also, ap¬ 
plied to the mind, to strike, affect sensi¬ 
bly, deeply, or strongly, make an impres¬ 
sion upon, touch keenly. Cic. Percussisti 
me de oratione prolata. Id. Percussit 
animum, h. e. suspicionem injecit. Id. 
Utendum est imaginibus acribus, quae 
ceieriter percutere animum possint. 
Id. Q.uodcurnque nostros animos proba- 
bilitate percussit. Id. Suspicione sum 
percussus. Id. Literis atrocissimis 
percussus, astonished. Id. Vos inani 
cogitatione percussit. Virg. Percus¬ 
sus amore.-IT Also, to cheat., deceive, 
impose upon. Plaut. Percutere .aliquem 
palpo. Cic. Civem suum percussit. 
Plaut. Percutere se flore Libyco, h. e- 
to get drunk on Mareotic wine. -IT In¬ 
terfere, to kill, in the most general ap¬ 
plication of the term ; Interimcre, to put 
out of the way, despatch, implies se¬ 
crecy or privacy in the commission of 
the act; Necare, to put to death, in gene¬ 
ral, but involving a notion of severity, 
injustice and cruelty ; Enecare, to put to 
a lingering death; Occidere, to kill in 
fair fight; Jugulare, to cut the throat, 
involves the idea of a bravo ; Trucidare, 
properly to slaughter an ox, to put to 
death a defenceless person, implies an 
acfof violence committed by a stronger 
upon a weaker ; Obtruncare, to cut to 
pieces, slaughter; Percutere, to put to 
death in pursuance of a legal sentence, 
execute. 
PeRDaGS, as, same as Indago. Claud. 
3 Mamert. 
PeRDECoROS (per & decorus), a, um, 
2 adj. very comely or handsome. Plin. .Ep. 
PeRDeLES (per &. deleo), es, evi, etum, 
3 a. 2. to destroy utterly, annihilate. Ter- 
tull. 
PeRDeLIRuS (per & delirus), a, um, adj. 
3 very silly or foolish. Lucret. 
PeRDeNSOS (per & densus), a, um, adj. 
2 very thick or solid. Colum. 
PkRDePSS (per & depso), is, ui, a. 3. 
3 obscena significatione. Catull. 
PeRDiCaLIS (perdix), e, adj. I’erdicalis 
3 herba, the same as Perdicium. Apul. 
PeRDICIUM (tccp&ikiov), i, n. pellitory or 
2 parietary (Parietaria officinalis,L.). Plin. 
PeRDICS (per &. dico), is, xi, ctum, a. 3. 
3 the same as Dico. Alcim. Avit. 
PeRDIFFICILIS (per& difficiiis), e, adj. 
very hard or difficult, nayxdXenos. Cic. 
Perdifficilis qusstio. Liv. Expeditis 
perdifficillimum aditum. 
PeRDIFFICILITER (perdifficilis), adv. 
with very great difficulty. Cic. 
PeRDiGNOS (per & dignus), a, um, adj. 
very worthy, extremely worthy. Cic. 
PeRDILIGeNS (per & diligens), entis, 
adj. very diligent. Cic. 
PeRDILIGeNTER (perdiligens), adv. 
very diligently. Cic. 
PkRDISCS (per & disco), is, dTdici, a. 3. 
to learn thoroughly or perfectly. Cic. 
Jura belli perdiscere. 
PeRDISeRTe (per & diserte), adv. very 
eloquently. Cic. 
PeRDITe (perditus), adv. desperately, 
basely, corruptly, wickedly, dxoXdoTcoj. 
Cic. Se gerere perdite.-IT Also, vio¬ 
lently, vehemently. Terent. Amare per¬ 
dite, to desperation. Quintil. Perdite 
conari, to strain every nerve. 
PERDiTfS (perdo), onis, f. ruin, perdition. 
3 Alcim. Avit. 
PeRDITSR (Id.), oris, m. a destroyer, 
ruiner. Cic. Perditor reipublic®. 
PkRDITRiX (perditor), icis, f. that dc- 
3 strays. Tertull. 
PeRDITOS, a, um, particip. from perdo. 
- IT Also, adj. lost, past recovery, 
irreparable, desperate, navoXcSpoS- Cic. 
Rebus omnibus perditis. Id. Judicia 
perdita. Id. Perdita valetudo. . Id. 
Nihil fieri potest perditius. Terent. Et 
re salva, et perdita. Ovid. Perditus 
leger. Plaut. Perditus sum, I am un¬ 
done ; I am lost. -TT Also, abandoned, 
incorrigible, profligate, lewd, dissolute. 
Cic. A7lolescens perditus ac dissolutus. 
Id. Homo perditissimus. Id. Perdita 
nequitia. Catull. Perditius potest quid 
esse. - IT Also, vehemently moved, 
immoderately excited. Plaut. Amore 
perdita, overhead and ears in love. Pro- 
pert.. Perditus in quadam tardis palles • 
cere curis. Plaut. Perditi animi esse, 
furious with passion. Cic. Perditus luc- 
tu. •—— IT Also, violent, excessive. Quin¬ 
til. Perditus dolor. Catull. Perditus 
amor. 
PER DIu (per & diu), adv. for a great 
while, very long. Cic. 
PeRIMVeS’ (per’ & dives), Itis, adj. very 
rich, TToXvxpflpaTO(. Cic. 
PERDfuS (per & dies), a, um, adj. all 
3 day long, the livelong day, ndvripepcof 
Oell. 
PeRDIOTuRNOS (per & difiturnus), a, 
um, adj. lasting a very long time. Cic. 
PERDIX (7rfp<5i£), icis, in. and f. a par¬ 
tridge. Martial, l’icta perdix.-IT In 
fable, Perdix was the nepheac of Dwdalus, 
turned into a partridge by Minerva. ‘ 
PERDO (per & do), is, dldi, ditum, a. 3. 
to destroy, ruin, diroXXoio, dr of dXX(o. 
Cic. Fruges perdidit. Id. civitatem. 
Id. Se ipsum penitus perdere. - 
IT Also, to squander, throw away, spend 
or consume riotously. Terent. Facial 
quod lubet, sumat, consumat, perdat. 
Cic. Profundere et perdere. — Figur. 
Auct. ad Herenn. Decius amisit vitam : 
at non perdidit, parted with his life, but 
did not throw it away. Cic. Perdere 
tempos, to lose or icaste one’s time, spend 
one’s time idly. Plin. Ep. Poteras has 
horas non perdere, you might have saved. 
Senec. Perdere mortem, to throw away 
life, lose it uselessly or unavenged. So, 
Lucan. Letum perdere. -If Also, to 
corrupt, spoil, debauch, ruin. Terent 
Cur perdls adolescentem nobis? Plin. 
ilia perdidere imperii mores.-TT Al¬ 
so, to lose. Cic. Liberos perdere. Id. 
Omnes industri® fructus. Id. liberta- 
tem. Id. oculos. Plin. dextram ma- 
num. Cic. memoriam. Martial, vitam. 
Cic. causam. Id. litem. Plant, spem. 
Martial, fugam, the means or chance oj 
flight. Horat. arma, to throw away in 
flight. Quintil. aquain, the time allotted 
one to speak. - IT Also, to lose at 
play. Ovid. Non cessat perdere lusor. 
-IT Also, to forget. Terent.. Nomen 
perdidi.-TT Also, to bestow uselessly. 
Cic. Operam perdere. Id. oleum et 
operam. Ovid, blanditias.-TT Al¬ 
so, to kill. Id. Serpenteni dens perdi¬ 
dit. - TT Perduim, is, for perdam. 
Cic. Dii te perduint. And, Perduunt 
/orperdunt. Plaut. TT See Perditus. 
PERDOCEO (per & doceo), es, ui, ctum, 
a. 2. to teach thoroughly, SidaoKio. Cic. 
Usu ipso perdoctus. Ovid. Dignam 
Mieoniis Plircacida condere chartis cum 
te Pierides perdocuert ture.-TT Al¬ 
so, to train, discipline. Plaut.. Aliquein 
perdocere. Id. Docte tibi illam perdoc- 
tam dabo.- TT Also, to teach any 
thing, make lenown, exhibit. Cic. Res 
difficiiis ad perdocendum. Ovid. Si 
quid Apollo utile mortaies perdocet 
ore meo. Quintil. Suam stultitiam per¬ 
docere. 
PkRDoCTe (perdoctus), adv. very learn¬ 
edly, skilfully. Plaut. 
‘PERDoCTOS, a, um, particip. from per- 
doceo. - TT Also, adj. very skilful. 
Stat. 
PERD0LE5 (per & doieo), es, Ini, n. 2. 
to grieve, pain. Terent.. Tandem per- 
doluit (sc. tibi). Q. Claud, ap. Oe.ll. 
Id perdolitum est Manlio.-TT Also, 
to be grieved. Cais. Virtutem irrisui fo¬ 
re perdoluerunt. 
PERD0L5 (per & doio), as, avi, atum, a. 
2 1 .to hew quite smooth. Vitruv. 
PERDOMINOR (per & dominor), aris, 
3 dep. 1. to reign through. Claudian. 
Perdominatur annum. 
PERD5MIT5R (perdomo), oris, m. a sub- 
3 ducr, conqueror. Prudent. 
PERD0M5 (per & domo), as, ui, jtum, a. 
2 1 .to make tame or gentle, tame, break, sub¬ 
due or conquer wholly, subjugate, quell. 
Liv. Perdomare Latium. Ovid. Ser- 
pentes potui perdomuisse. 
PERDoRMISCO (per & dormisco), is, n. 
3 3. to sleep long or all night long, Kara- 
Koigaopai. Plaut. Perdormiscin’ usque 
ad lucem ? 
PeRDuCS (per & duco), is, xi, ctum, a. 3. 
to bring through or all the way, conduct, 
lead, convey, accompany, <5i ayio. Cces- 
Legionem in Allobrogas perduxit. Id. 
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