perfruor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-frŭor, ctus, 3, v. dep.

I Lit., to enjoy fully or thoroughly (class.).

α With abl.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector, his perfruor, Cic. Pis. 20, 45: laetitiā, id. Cat. 1, 10, 25: salvā re publicā, id. ib. 4, 6, 4: sapientiae laude, id. Brut. 2, 9: vitā modicā, id. Leg. 1, 21, 56: otio, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1: recordatione urbis, Vell. 2, 101, 3 al.: amoenitate summā perfructus est, Cic. Hort. p. 484 Orell.—

β In pass. : ad perfruendas voluptates, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25.—

II Transf., to fulfil , perform (poet.): mandatis perfruar ipsa patris, Ov. H. 11, 128.

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