verb transitive

per-vello

2nd PP per-vellere · 3rd PP pervelli · conj. 3rd

to pull; pluck hard; to pull; iwitch

to pull or pluck hard; to pull, iwitch any thing.

to pull one's ear; to remind one of •

Lit.: nates, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 66: aurem, Phaedr. 5, 5, 32; also, prov., aurem, to pull one's ear, i. e. to remind one of a thing, Sen. Ben. 5, 7, 5; Val. Max. 1, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 94, 55; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; 5, 7, 6.—

to excite; sharpen by extension •

Transf., to excite, sharpen: stomachum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 9.—

figuratively

To twitch; pinch •

To twitch, pinch: fortuna pervellere te forsitan potuerit et pungere, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36: si te forte dolor aliquis pervellerit, id. ib. 2, 20, 46.—

To revile; disparage •

To revile, disparage: jus civile, Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—

To arouse; enliven •

To arouse, enliven: ad referendam gratiam fides languet: hanc pervellamus, Sen. Ben. 5, 23, 1.

Perseus ID: n35701 Key: pervello