verb transitive intransitive

perplŭo

2nd PP per-pluĕre · conj. 3rd

(old form , Fest. s. v. patera, p. 250 Müll.; v. in the foll.)

intransitive

To rain through; rain in •

To rain through, rain in: quā possit ex imbribus aqua perpluere, Vitr. 2, 8, 18.—Impers.: circuire oportet, sicubi perpluat, Cato, R. R. 155.—

To let the rain through; admit the rain figuratively •

To let the rain through, admit the rain: venit imber, perpluunt tigna, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 30: cum cenaculum perplueret, Quint. 6, 3, 64: pateram perplouere in sacris cum dicitur significat, pertusam esse, Fest. s. v. patera, p. 250 Müll.—Trop.: benefacta benefactis aliis pertegito, ne perpluant, i. e. fall to ruin, lose their value, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38 (320 Ritschl).—

active

To rain; through; into; •

To rain any thing through or into; trop.: tempestas, quam mihi amor in pectus perpluit meum, has rained into, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7.—*

To sprinkle profusely •

To sprinkle profusely with something: crocus capellas odore perpluit, App. M. 10, p. 255, 40.

Perseus ID: n35383 Key: perpluo