perfusus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of perfundō.

Participle

perfūsus (feminine perfūsa, neuter perfūsum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread, coated, wet
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.221:

     “[...] perfūsus saniē vittās ātrōque venēnō [...].”

     “[The serpents attack Laocoön:] his priestly bands soaked with blood and dark venom [...].”

2. bathed, bedewed, sprinkled, moistened
3. imbued

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perfūsus	perfūsa	perfūsum		perfūsī	perfūsae	perfūsa
genitive	perfūsī	perfūsae	perfūsī		perfūsōrum	perfūsārum	perfūsōrum
dative	perfūsō	perfūsae	perfūsō		perfūsīs
accusative	perfūsum	perfūsam	perfūsum		perfūsōs	perfūsās	perfūsa
ablative	perfūsō	perfūsā	perfūsō		perfūsīs
vocative	perfūse	perfūsa	perfūsum		perfūsī	perfūsae	perfūsa

References

• “perfusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perfusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perfusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.