(verb) : rĕ-percŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3
* To strike, push, or drive back, cause to rebound;to reflect, reverberate, re-echo, resound (not ante-Aug.; cf.: repello, reflecto).
* Lit., of light, sound, etc.: gemmae Clara repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo,reflected,Ov. M. 2, 110: lumen,Verg. A. 8, 23: aes clipei,Ov. M. 4, 782: illa repercussae imaginis umbra est,id. ib. 3, 434; cf. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128: montis anfractu repercussae voces,re-echoing, resounding,Tac. A. 4, 51: clamor,Curt. 3, 10, 2: valles,Liv. 21, 33.
* Of other objects: (discus) repercussus,rebounding,Ov. M. 10, 184 Jahn N. cr.: remigem cum e navi fluctus abjecisset, altero latere repercussum fluctus contrarius in navem retulit,hurled back,Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: ita est aliquid quod hujus fontis excursum repercutiat,Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.
* Trop., to cast back, retort, repel: aliena aut reprehendimus, aut refutamus, aut elevamus, aut repercutimus, aut eludimus,Quint. 6, 3, 23: repercutiendi multa sunt genera,id. 6, 3, 78: orationes dicto, Plin. praef. § 31: fascinationes (despuendo), to avert (syn. aversari), id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.