percussĭo — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

percussĭo, ōnis, f. id., a beating, striking (class.). Lit.: capitis percussiones, beatings on the head, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: digitorum, a snapping, id. Off. 3, 19, 75. — 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.

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percussĭo

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percussĭo

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percussio

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percussio

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