perfundo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ fundo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈfun.doː/, [pɛrˈfʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈfun.do/, [perˈfun̪d̪o]

Verb

perfundō (present infinitive perfundere, perfect active perfūdī, supine perfūsum); third conjugation

1. to pour (liquid) over or through; to perfuse

   Synonym: cōnfundō

2. to flood or bathe, drench

   Synonyms: rigō, imbuō

   Antonyms: siccō, dūrō

3. to imbue, inspire, fill with any thing

   Synonyms: imbuō, īnspīrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of perfundō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perfundō	perfundis	perfundit	perfundimus	perfunditis	perfundunt
	imperfect	perfundēbam	perfundēbās	perfundēbat	perfundēbāmus	perfundēbātis	perfundēbant
	future	perfundam	perfundēs	perfundet	perfundēmus	perfundētis	perfundent
	perfect	perfūdī	perfūdistī	perfūdit	perfūdimus	perfūdistis	perfūdērunt, perfūdēre
	pluperfect	perfūderam	perfūderās	perfūderat	perfūderāmus	perfūderātis	perfūderant
	future perfect	perfūderō	perfūderis	perfūderit	perfūderimus	perfūderitis	perfūderint
passive	present	perfundor	perfunderis, perfundere	perfunditur	perfundimur	perfundiminī	perfunduntur
	imperfect	perfundēbar	perfundēbāris, perfundēbāre	perfundēbātur	perfundēbāmur	perfundēbāminī	perfundēbantur
	future	perfundar	perfundēris, perfundēre	perfundētur	perfundēmur	perfundēminī	perfundentur
	perfect	perfūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perfūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perfūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perfundam	perfundās	perfundat	perfundāmus	perfundātis	perfundant
	imperfect	perfunderem	perfunderēs	perfunderet	perfunderēmus	perfunderētis	perfunderent
	perfect	perfūderim	perfūderīs	perfūderit	perfūderīmus	perfūderītis	perfūderint
	pluperfect	perfūdissem	perfūdissēs	perfūdisset	perfūdissēmus	perfūdissētis	perfūdissent
passive	present	perfundar	perfundāris, perfundāre	perfundātur	perfundāmur	perfundāminī	perfundantur
	imperfect	perfunderer	perfunderēris, perfunderēre	perfunderētur	perfunderēmur	perfunderēminī	perfunderentur
	perfect	perfūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perfūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perfunde	—	—	perfundite	—
	future	—	perfunditō	perfunditō	—	perfunditōte	perfunduntō
passive	present	—	perfundere	—	—	perfundiminī	—
	future	—	perfunditor	perfunditor	—	—	perfunduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perfundere	perfūdisse	perfūsūrum esse	perfundī	perfūsum esse	perfūsum īrī
participles		perfundēns	—	perfūsūrus	—	perfūsus	perfundendus, perfundundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perfundendī	perfundendō	perfundendum	perfundendō	perfūsum	perfūsū

Descendants

• → English: perfuse

References

• “perfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perfundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
    
  • to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    
  • to revel in pleasure, be blissfully happy: voluptate perfundi
    
  • to be filled with delight: gaudio perfundi
    
  • to fill the souls of one's audience with devotion: audientium animos religione perfundere (Liv. 10. 388)