percussio
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See also: percussió
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From percutiō (past participle percussus).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈkus.si.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊs̠ːioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈkus.si.o/, [perˈkusːio]
Noun[edit]
percussiō f (genitive percussiōnis); third declension
- beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc)
- (music) beat
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
| Genitive | percussiōnis | percussiōnum |
| Dative | percussiōnī | percussiōnibus |
| Accusative | percussiōnem | percussiōnēs |
| Ablative | percussiōne | percussiōnibus |
| Vocative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: percussió
- French: percussion
- Galician: percusión
- Italian: percussione
- Portuguese: percussão
- → Russian: перкуссия (perkussija)
- Spanish: percusión
References[edit]
- “percussio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percussio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- percussio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- percussio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.