percolate Copy link Outline 1. permāno, 1 (to ooze through)2. expr. by percōlo, 1 (to cause to pass or strain through3. ēluctor, 1 (to force a way through and out • percolate: 1. permāno, 1 (to ooze through): Lucr. 1, 349. 2. expr. by percōlo, 1 (to cause to pass or strain through: hence, pass. refl. = to p.): it (the soil) suffers the rain to p. and pass through, imbres percolat atque transmittit, Plin. 18, 11, 29 § 110: cf. Lucr. 2, 473. 3. ēluctor, 1 (to force a way through and out: poet.): Virg. G. 2, 244 (of water).