percutio
See also: percutió
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈku.ti.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈkut.t͡si.o/, [perˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]
Verb
percutiō (present infinitive percutere, perfect active percussī, supine percussum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I strike, beat
- I make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock
- I pierce, thrust, or punch through, kill
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References
- “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- percutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
- to beat one's brow: frontem ferire, percutere
- to execute a person, cut off his head: securi percutere, ferire aliquem
- the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
- to charge, ram a boat: navem rostro percutere
- to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti