percussor (noun M) : id.
* A striker, stabber, shooter.
* In gen. (post-Aug.): leo vulneratus percussorem novit,Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.
* In partic., a murderer, assassin, bandit (class.; syn.: sicarius, interfector),Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; Just. 14, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31: subornatus alicui,Suet. Ner. 34; id. Caes. 83; Juv. 8, 173: nocturnus,Petr. 9.

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