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verb transitive

per-cōlo

2nd PP per-cōlāre · 3rd PP per-cōlāvi · 4th PP per-cōlātum · conj. 1st
to strain through; to filter; percolate
to strain through, to filter, percolate.
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Lit.: tum vinum percolato, polentam abicito, Cato, R. R. 108; Cels. 6, 9; Col. 12, 41, 2; Plin. 31, 6, 37, § 70.—
to cause to pass through; to pass through one; to swallow and digest by extension •
Transf., in gen., to cause to pass through: umor per terras percolatur, passes through, Lucr. 2, 475: cibos et potiones, to pass through one, i. e. to swallow and digest, Sen. Q. N. praef. § 3: terra bibula crebros imbros percolat atque transmittit, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110.
Perseus ID: n34717 Key: percolo1