percutio

See also: percutió

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ quatiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈku.ti.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkut.t͡si.o/, [perˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Verb

percutiō (present infinitive percutere, perfect active percussī, supine percussum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to strike, beat

   Synonyms: dēcutiō, percello, pello, ferio, discutio, pulsō, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero

2. to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock

   Synonyms: attono, miro, perterreo, terreo

3. to kill

   Synonyms: neco, caedo, obtruncō, perago, interficio, trucīdō, occido, eneco, perimō, interimō, conficio, sōpiō, dēiciō, iugulō, tollo, absūmō, cōnsūmō

4. to pierce, thrust, or punch through

   Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, intrō, trāiciō, trānsigō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, fīgō

5. to conclude a treaty

   Synonyms: pacīscor, ī̆cō, pangō, feriō

Conjugation

Conjugation of percutiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percutiō	percutis	percutit	percutimus	percutitis	percutiunt
	imperfect	percutiēbam	percutiēbās	percutiēbat	percutiēbāmus	percutiēbātis	percutiēbant
	future	percutiam	percutiēs	percutiet	percutiēmus	percutiētis	percutient
	perfect	percussī	percussistī	percussit	percussimus	percussistis	percussērunt, percussēre
	pluperfect	percusseram	percusserās	percusserat	percusserāmus	percusserātis	percusserant
	future perfect	percusserō	percusseris	percusserit	percusserimus	percusseritis	percusserint
passive	present	percutior	percuteris, percutere	percutitur	percutimur	percutiminī	percutiuntur
	imperfect	percutiēbar	percutiēbāris, percutiēbāre	percutiēbātur	percutiēbāmur	percutiēbāminī	percutiēbantur
	future	percutiar	percutiēris, percutiēre	percutiētur	percutiēmur	percutiēminī	percutientur
	perfect	percussus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	percussus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	percussus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percutiam	percutiās	percutiat	percutiāmus	percutiātis	percutiant
	imperfect	percuterem	percuterēs	percuteret	percuterēmus	percuterētis	percuterent
	perfect	percusserim	percusserīs	percusserit	percusserīmus	percusserītis	percusserint
	pluperfect	percussissem	percussissēs	percussisset	percussissēmus	percussissētis	percussissent
passive	present	percutiar	percutiāris, percutiāre	percutiātur	percutiāmur	percutiāminī	percutiantur
	imperfect	percuterer	percuterēris, percuterēre	percuterētur	percuterēmur	percuterēminī	percuterentur
	perfect	percussus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	percussus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	percute	—	—	percutite	—
	future	—	percutitō	percutitō	—	percutitōte	percutiuntō
passive	present	—	percutere	—	—	percutiminī	—
	future	—	percutitor	percutitor	—	—	percutiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		percutere	percussisse	percussūrum esse	percutī	percussum esse	percussum īrī
participles		percutiēns	—	percussūrus	—	percussus	percutiendus, percutiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		percutiendī	percutiendō	percutiendum	percutiendō	percussum	percussū

Derived terms

• impercussus
• percussiō

Descendants

• Catalan: percudir
• Esperanto: perkuti
• French: percuter
• Galician: percutir
• Ido: perkutar
• Italian: percuotere
• Portuguese: percutir
• Sicilian: pircutiri
• Spanish: percutir, percudir, percutar
• English: percuss, percussion

References

• “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “percutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• percutio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• percutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
    
  • to beat one's brow: frontem ferire, percutere
    
  • to execute a person, cut off his head: securi percutere, ferire aliquem
    
  • the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
    
  • to charge, ram a boat: navem rostro percutere