Lewis & Short

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.