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Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, thoroughly”) + Proto-Italic *kelnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, clāva, gladius.
Pronunciation
Verb
percellō (present infinitive percellere, perfect active perculī, supine perculsum); third conjugation
- to beat down
- Synonyms: tango, percutio, pello, discutio, ico, accido, affligo, pulsō, impingo, verbero, ferio
- to overturn or upset
- Synonyms: agito, turbo, perago, ango
- to strike or smite
- to overthrow
Conjugation
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References
- “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- percello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- their spirits are broken: animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
- to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere