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pĕrurbānē, adv., v. perurbanus fin.

pĕr-urbānus, a, um, adj., very polite, pleasant, or witty.

  1. I. Lit.: L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.
  2. II. Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3.
    Adv.: pĕrurbānē, very elegantly: respondere, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.

pĕr-urgĕo, ursi, 2, v. a.

  1. I. To press upon greatly, to oppress, distress: cum Aureolus perurgeret Illyrium, Treb. Gall. 5; Amm. 29, 1, 18: eum, Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 7.
  2. II. In gen., to press or urge greatly: aliquem ad capessendam rem publicam, Suet. Tib. 25: festinationem, Treb. Trig. Tyr. 33, 8: sacra, to take great pains with, to apply one’s self earnestly to, Auct. Aetn. 226.

pĕr-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn through and through; hence,

  1. I. Lit.
    1. 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.
    2. B. To heat, burn, inflame: febri peruri, Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 4: sitis praecipue fatigatas perurebat, Curt. 4, 16, 12.
    3. 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.
      1. 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.
  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.