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2. rĕpercussus, ūs, m. [repercutio], a rebounding, reverberation, repercussion, of light, sound, wind, etc.; reflection, echo, counter-pressure: solis, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 35; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 17: Etesiarum, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: colorum, id. 37, 2, 8, § 22: vocis, Tac. G. 3 al.: attolli colles occursantium inter se radicum repercussu, by the meeting or crowding together, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6: ut, ex splendore galearum, et repercussu, quasi ardere caelum videretur, Flor. 3, 3, 15: maris, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4.
rĕ-percŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a., to strike, push, or drive back, cause to rebound; to reflect, reverberate, re-echo, resound (not ante-Aug.; cf.: repello, reflecto).
- I. Lit., of light, sound, etc.: gemmae Clara repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo, reflected, Ov. M. 2, 110: lumen, Verg. A. 8, 23: aes clipei, Ov. M. 4, 782: illa repercussae imaginis umbra est, id. ib. 3, 434; cf. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128: montis anfractu repercussae voces, re-echoing, resounding, Tac. A. 4, 51: clamor, Curt. 3, 10, 2: valles, Liv. 21, 33.
- B. Of other objects: (discus) repercussus, rebounding, Ov. M. 10, 184 Jahn N. cr.: remigem cum e navi fluctus abjecisset, altero latere repercussum fluctus contrarius in navem retulit, hurled back, Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: ita est aliquid quod hujus fontis excursum repercutiat, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.
- II. Trop., to cast back, retort, repel: aliena aut reprehendimus, aut refutamus, aut elevamus, aut repercutimus, aut eludimus, Quint. 6, 3, 23: repercutiendi multa sunt genera, id. 6, 3, 78: orationes dicto, Plin. praef. § 31: fascinationes (despuendo), to avert (syn. aversari), id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.