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per -călĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum (also contr. percalfactum), 3, v. a.
Pass.: per-călĕfīo, factus, fieri, to make very warm, to heat thoroughly (mostly ante- and postclass.): omnia motu Percalefacta, Lucr. 6, 178: glebae a sole percalefactae, Varr. R. R. 1, 27: multo igni percalfacto cubiculo, Val. Max. 9, 12, 4: percalefieri cogit aquam, to become very warm, Vitr. 8, 3, 4.

percălĕfīo, fieri, v. percalefacio.

per-călesco, călŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become very warm: inde ubi percaluit vis venti, Lucr. 6, 281; Ov. M. 1, 418.

per-calleo, ŭi, ēre, v. a., to know or understand well: quinque et viginti gentium linguas, Gell. 17, 17, 2.

per-callesco, callŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a.

  1. * I. Neutr., to become very hardened, very callous: civitatis patientia percalluerat, Cic. Mil. 28, 76.
  2. II. Act., to get a good knowledge of; in perf., to be well acquainted with, to know well, be well versed in: usum rerum, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 137; so, disciplinas Stoicas et dialecticas, Gell. 1, 22, 7: leges, id. 20, 1, 20: quinque et viginti gentium linguas, id. 17, 17, 2.