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
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..."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..."
