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percussiones

Dictionary entries

  • percussio, percussionis:

    Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = beat (music); percussion, action of beating/striking/smiting;

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...frequentius et magis fallit. sunt quaedam latentes sermonis percussiones et quasi aliqui pedes ad quos plurimorum gestus cadit..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...spatium habeat: inde tetrasemoe, pentasemoe, deinceps longiore sunt percussiones (nam semion tempus est unum). LII. In compositione orationis..."

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