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(verb) : per-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 (
* Perf. contr. percusti for percussisti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 273), quatio.
* (With the notion of the per predominating.) To strike through and through, to thrust or pierce through (syn.: percello, transfigo).
* Lit.: percussus cultello,Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2: gladio percussus,Cic. Mil. 24, 65: Mamilio pectus percussum,Liv. 2, 19, 8: coxam Aeneae,Juv. 15, 66: vena percutitur,a vein is opened, blood is let,Sen. Ep. 70, 16: fossam,to cut through, dig a trench,Front. Strat. 3, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 4.
* (With the idea of the verb predominating.) To strike, beat, hit, smite, shoot, etc. (cf.: ico, pulso, ferio).
* Lit.
* In gen. (class.): ceu lapidem si Percutiat lapis aut ferrum,Lucr. 6, 162: cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, qui arcam ferebat,had been struck,Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279: januam manu,Tib. 1, 5, 68; 1, 6, 3: turres de caelo percussae,struck with lightning,Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; cf.: hunc nec Juppiter fulmine percussit,id. N. D. 3, 35, 84: percussus ab aspide calcatā,stung, bitten,Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; cf.: PERCVSSVS A VIPERA, Inscr. Vermigl. Iscriz. Perug. p. 319; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 30; 28, 4, 10, § 44: color percussus luce refulgit,struck,Lucr. 2, 799; cf. Ov. M. 6, 63; Val. Fl. 1, 495: auriculae (voce) percussae,Prop. 1, 16, 28: percussus vocibus circus,Sil. 16, 398.—Neutr.: sol percussit super caput,Vulg. Jonae, 4, 8.
* Trop.
* To strike, stamp, coin money (post-Aug.): ut nummum argenteum notā sideris Capricorni percusserit,Suet. Aug. 94; id. Ner. 25.
* To strike, play a musical instrument (poet.): lyram,Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40; Val. Fl. 5, 100.
* As t. t. in weaving, to throw the shuttle with the woof: (lacernae) male percussae textoris pectine Galli, badly or coarsely woven, Juv. 9, 30.
* Haec meraclo se percussit flore Libyco (=vino Mareotico), to get drunk, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (cf.: sauciare se flore Liberi, Enn. ap. Fulg. 562, 25).
* To smite, strike, visit with calamity of any kind (class.): percussus calamitate,Cic. Mur. 24, 49: percussus fortunae vulnere,id. Ac. 1, 3, 11: ruina,Vulg. Zach. 14, 18: anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6: plaga,id. 1 Macc. 1, 32: in stuporem,id. Zach. 12, 4.
* To strike, shock, make an impression upon, affect deeply, move, astound (class.): percussisti me de oratione prolatā,Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3; id. Mil. 29, 79: audivi ex Gavio, Romae esse hominem, et fuisse assiduum: percussit animum, it struck me, made me suspicious, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3: animos probabilitate,id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: percussus atrocissimis litteris,id. Fam. 9, 25, 3: fragor aurem percutit,Juv. 11, 98.
* To cheat, deceive, impose upon one (class.): aliquem probe,Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 9: hominem eruditum,Cic. Fl. 20, 46: hominem strategemate,id. Att. 5, 2, 2: aliquem palpo,to flatter,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28.
* (Acc. to II. A. 2. a.) To strike, stamp (post-Aug.): facta dictaque tua unā formā percussa sunt,Sen. Ep. 34, 3.
* Perf. contr. percusti for percussisti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 273), quatio.
* (With the notion of the per predominating.) To strike through and through, to thrust or pierce through (syn.: percello, transfigo).
* Lit.: percussus cultello,Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2: gladio percussus,Cic. Mil. 24, 65: Mamilio pectus percussum,Liv. 2, 19, 8: coxam Aeneae,Juv. 15, 66: vena percutitur,a vein is opened, blood is let,Sen. Ep. 70, 16: fossam,to cut through, dig a trench,Front. Strat. 3, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 4.
* (With the idea of the verb predominating.) To strike, beat, hit, smite, shoot, etc. (cf.: ico, pulso, ferio).
* Lit.
* In gen. (class.): ceu lapidem si Percutiat lapis aut ferrum,Lucr. 6, 162: cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, qui arcam ferebat,had been struck,Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279: januam manu,Tib. 1, 5, 68; 1, 6, 3: turres de caelo percussae,struck with lightning,Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; cf.: hunc nec Juppiter fulmine percussit,id. N. D. 3, 35, 84: percussus ab aspide calcatā,stung, bitten,Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; cf.: PERCVSSVS A VIPERA, Inscr. Vermigl. Iscriz. Perug. p. 319; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 30; 28, 4, 10, § 44: color percussus luce refulgit,struck,Lucr. 2, 799; cf. Ov. M. 6, 63; Val. Fl. 1, 495: auriculae (voce) percussae,Prop. 1, 16, 28: percussus vocibus circus,Sil. 16, 398.—Neutr.: sol percussit super caput,Vulg. Jonae, 4, 8.
* Trop.
* To strike, stamp, coin money (post-Aug.): ut nummum argenteum notā sideris Capricorni percusserit,Suet. Aug. 94; id. Ner. 25.
* To strike, play a musical instrument (poet.): lyram,Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40; Val. Fl. 5, 100.
* As t. t. in weaving, to throw the shuttle with the woof: (lacernae) male percussae textoris pectine Galli, badly or coarsely woven, Juv. 9, 30.
* Haec meraclo se percussit flore Libyco (=vino Mareotico), to get drunk, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (cf.: sauciare se flore Liberi, Enn. ap. Fulg. 562, 25).
* To smite, strike, visit with calamity of any kind (class.): percussus calamitate,Cic. Mur. 24, 49: percussus fortunae vulnere,id. Ac. 1, 3, 11: ruina,Vulg. Zach. 14, 18: anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6: plaga,id. 1 Macc. 1, 32: in stuporem,id. Zach. 12, 4.
* To strike, shock, make an impression upon, affect deeply, move, astound (class.): percussisti me de oratione prolatā,Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3; id. Mil. 29, 79: audivi ex Gavio, Romae esse hominem, et fuisse assiduum: percussit animum, it struck me, made me suspicious, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3: animos probabilitate,id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: percussus atrocissimis litteris,id. Fam. 9, 25, 3: fragor aurem percutit,Juv. 11, 98.
* To cheat, deceive, impose upon one (class.): aliquem probe,Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 9: hominem eruditum,Cic. Fl. 20, 46: hominem strategemate,id. Att. 5, 2, 2: aliquem palpo,to flatter,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28.
* (Acc. to II. A. 2. a.) To strike, stamp (post-Aug.): facta dictaque tua unā formā percussa sunt,Sen. Ep. 34, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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