verb transitive

per-cŏlo

2nd PP per-cŏlere · 3rd PP percŏlŭi · 4th PP percultum · conj. 3rd

To cultivate; to inhabit •

To cultivate, of the soil; hence, to inhabit: Eleusiniam glebam, App. M. 11, 2, p. 257.—

To perfect; finish •

To perfect, finish: incohata percolui, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 41.—

by extension

To cleanse •

To cleanse: os curā, App. Mag. 8.—

To deck; beautify; adorn •

To deck, beautify, adorn: aliquid eloquentiā, Tac. Agr. 10.—

To honor greatly; to revere; reverence ••

To honor greatly, to revere, reverence: si patrem percoles, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 4: conjugem liberosque, Tac. A. 4, 68: multos praefecturis et procurationibus, plerosque senatorii ordinis honore, id. H. 2, 82: deos, Sol. 22, 7: dei numen in uxoris laboribus percolens, App. M. 6, 15, p. 179: Aegyptii cerimoniis me propriis percolentes appellant Isidem, id. ib. 11. 5, p. 259: initia Cereris, celebrate, Aur. Vict. Caes. 14, 4: funus, id. ib. 20, 30.—

To persecute; pursue; cultivate •

To persecute, pursue, cultivate: vestras disciplinas studiosius, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 361: cumulata habent quae sedulo percolunt, id. Deo Soc. 22, p. 54.—Hence, percultus, a, um, P. a.: femina perculta, highly adorned, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 22.

Perseus ID: n34718 Key: percolo2