per-cūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to heal thoroughly, cure completely (perh. not anteAug.).
- I. Lit.: percurato vulnere, Liv. 21, 57; Curt. 4, 6, 21; 7, 6, 23: tarde percurabitur, Col. 6, 12, 2: donec strumae percurentur, Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 88: desperata a medicis vitia, Sen. Q. N. 3, 1, 3.
- II. Trop.: mentem aegram, Sen. Ep. 94, 13.