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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of recutiō
Participle
recussus (feminine recussa, neuter recussum); first/second-declension participle
- struck, having been struck back
- rebounded, having been rebounded
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.52–53:
- “Stetit illa tremēns, uterōque recussō
īnsonuēre cavae gemitumque dedēre cavernae.”- “ stuck there, quivering, and as the womb rebounded, echoed, and its hollow insides gave up a groan.” – Aeneas
(Syncopated verbs: insonuer; deder.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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