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percussĭbĭlis, e, adj. [percutio], penetrating, pervading (post-class.): odor, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 16, 163: virtus, id. Tard. 2, 13, 164.

percussĭo, ōnis, f. [percutio], a beating, striking (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: capitis percussiones, beatings on the head, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: digitorum, a snapping, id. Off. 3, 19, 75.
  2. II. Transf., in music and rhetoric, a beating time; hence, concr., time: percussiones numerorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: percussionum modi, id. Or. 58, 198; Quint. 9, 4, 51; 11, 3, 108 al.

percussĭōnālis, e, adj. [percutio], adapted for striking, played by striking: instrumentum musicum, Cassiod. Mus. 1.

percussor, ōris, m. [percutio], a striker, stabber, shooter.

  1. I. In gen. (post-Aug.): leo vulneratus percussorem novit, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.
  2. II. In partic., a murderer, assassin, bandit (class.; syn.: sicarius, interfector), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; Just. 14, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31: subornatus alicui, Suet. Ner. 34; id. Caes. 83; Juv. 8, 173: nocturnus, Petr. 9.

percussūra, ae, f. [percutio], a blow, stroke, thrust (post-class.): percussura ferro facta, App. Herb. 31; Veg. Vet. 2, 20, 1; Vulg. Lev. 14. 54.

1. percussus, a, um, Part., from percutio.

2. percussus, ūs, m. [percutio], a beating, striking (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): caducis Percussu crebro saxa cavantur aquis, Ov. P. 2, 7, 40; Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 3: venarum, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171: non sentire percussum, not to feel the injury deeply, Sen. Ira, 3, 25, 3: contra scorpionis percussum, App. Herb. 31, 7.