percido
Latin
Etymology
From per- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈkiː.doː/, [pɛrˈkiːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈt͡ʃi.do/, [perˈt͡ʃiːd̪o]
Verb
percīdō (present infinitive percīdere, perfect active percīdī, supine percīsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I cut or beat to pieces, smash.
- (transitive) I cut to pieces, rout entirely, destroy.
- (transitive) I sodomize, commit sodomy with.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (sodomize): paedīcō
Related terms
References
- “percido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- percido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.