percussiones
Dictionary entries
- Entry →percussio, percussionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beat (music); percussion, action of beating/striking/smiting;
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..."
