percutio
See also: percutió
Latin
Etymology
From per- + quatiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈku.ti.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈkut.t͡si.o/, [perˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]
Verb
percutiō (present infinitive percutere, perfect active percussī, supine percussum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I strike, beat
- Synonyms: percello, pello, ferio, discutio, pulsō, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero
- I make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock
- Synonyms: attono, miro, perterreo, terreo
- I kill
- Synonyms: neco, caedo, obtruncō, perago, interficio, trucīdō, occido, eneco, perimō, interimō, conficio, sōpiō, dēiciō, iugulō, tollo, absūmō, cōnsūmō
- I pierce, thrust, or punch through
- Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, intrō, trāiciō, trānsigō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, fīgō
- I 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 (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- percutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti