I.to burn through and through; hence,
I. Lit.
A. To burn up, consume: “perussit ignis multa,” Lucr. 5, 396: “perusti late agri,” Liv. 24, 20: “vas,” Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 165.—Esp., to be burned or scorched by the sun: “Libyco sole perusta coma,” Prop. 4 (5), 9, 46. “mixti Garamante perusto,” sunburned, swarthy, Luc. 4, 679: “perusti Indiae populi,” Sen. Med. 484: “zona perusta,” Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 8.—
B. To heat, burn, inflame: “febri peruri,” Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: “sitis praecipue fatigatas perurebat,” Curt. 4, 16, 12.—
C. To inflame, gall, rub sore: “Ibericis peruste funibus latus,” Hor. Epod. 4, 3: “oneri colla perusta,” Ov. P. 1, 5, 24: “tempora,” Luc. 6, 193.—
2. Transf., of cold, to nip, pinch: “substramentis per hiemem operito, ne peruratur,” Cato, R. R. 161: “aliquid frigore,” Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 6: “terra perusta gelu,” Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 48: “perurere congelationibus vulnera,” Col. 4, 8, 2.—
II. Trop., to burn, inflame, consume: “hominem perustum gloriā volunt incendere,” Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 2: “valido perurimur aestu,” Ov. A. A. 3, 543: “(uniones), qui male cor meum perurunt,” Mart. 12, 49, 9: “intestina,” Cat. 78, 3: “pectus curis,” Sen. Med. 547; Val. Fl. 1, 76: “paupertatis maledictum quosdam perurit,” Sen. Const. Sap. 17, 2.
