per-plŭo
Meaning
- To rain through
per-plŭo (old form perplouo, Fest. s. v. patera, p. 250 Müll.;
I. v. in the foll.), ĕre, v. n. and a.
I. Neutr.
A. To rain through, rain in:
quā possit ex imbribus aqua perpluere, Vitr. 2, 8, 18.—Impers.: circuire oportet, sicubi perpluat, Cato, R. R. 155.—B. 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).—II. Act.
A. To rain any thing through or into; trop.:
tempestas, quam mihi amor in pectus perpluit meum, has rained into, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7.—* B. To sprinkle profusely with something:
crocus capellas odore perpluit, App. M. 10, p. 255, 40.