pĕr-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn through and through; hence,
I Lit.
A To burn up , consume : perussit ignis multa, Lucr. 5, 396: perusti late agri, Liv. 24, 20: vas, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 165.—Esp., to be burned or scorched by the sun: Libyco sole perusta coma, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 46: mixti Garamante perusto, sunburned , swarthy , Luc. 4, 679: perusti Indiae populi, Sen. Med. 484: zona perusta, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 8.—
B To heat , burn , inflame : febri peruri, Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: sitis praecipue fatigatas perurebat, Curt. 4, 16, 12.—
C To inflame , gall , rub sore : Ibericis peruste funibus latus, Hor. Epod. 4, 3: oneri colla perusta, Ov. P. 1, 5, 24: tempora, Luc. 6, 193.—
2 Transf., of cold, to nip , pinch : substramentis per hiemem operito, ne peruratur, Cato R. R. 161: aliquid frigore, Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 6: terra perusta gelu, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 48: perurere congelationibus vulnera, Col. 4, 8, 2.—
II Trop., to burn , inflame , consume : hominem perustum gloriā volunt incendere, Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 2: valido perurimur aestu, Ov. A. A. 3, 543: (uniones), qui male cor meum perurunt, Mart. 12, 49, 9: intestina, Cat. 78, 3: pectus curis, Sen. Med. 547; Val. Fl. 1, 76: paupertatis maledictum quosdam perurit, Sen. Const. Sap. 17, 2.