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Latin
Etymology
From per- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
Verb
percīdō (present infinitive percīdere, perfect active percīdī, supine percīsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to cut or beat to pieces, smash
- (transitive) to cut to pieces, rout entirely, destroy
- (transitive) to sodomize, commit sodomy with
- Synonym: pēdīcō
c. 100 CE, anonymous,
Carmina Priapea 13:
- Percīdēre puer, moneō, futuēre puella;
barbātum fūrem tertia poena manet.
Conjugation
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.