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Latin
Etymology
From per- + quatiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
percutiō (present infinitive percutere, perfect active percussī, supine percussum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to strike, beat
- Synonyms: dēcutiō, percello, pello, ferio, discutio, pulsō, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero
- to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock
- Synonyms: attono, miro, perterreo, terreo
- to kill
- Synonyms: neco, caedo, obtruncō, perago, interficio, trucīdō, occido, eneco, perimō, interimō, conficio, sōpiō, dēiciō, iugulō, tollo, absūmō, cōnsūmō
- to pierce, thrust, or punch through
- Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, intrō, trāiciō, trānsigō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, fīgō
- to conclude a treaty
- Synonyms: pacīscor, ī̆cō, pangō, feriō
Conjugation
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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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- percutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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