perculsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of percellō.

Participle

perculsus (feminine perculsa, neuter perculsum); first/second-declension participle

1. beaten down
2. overturned or upset
3. struck
4. overthrown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perculsus	perculsa	perculsum		perculsī	perculsae	perculsa
genitive	perculsī	perculsae	perculsī		perculsōrum	perculsārum	perculsōrum
dative	perculsō	perculsae	perculsō		perculsīs
accusative	perculsum	perculsam	perculsum		perculsōs	perculsās	perculsa
ablative	perculsō	perculsā	perculsō		perculsīs
vocative	perculse	perculsa	perculsum		perculsī	perculsae	perculsa

Noun

perculsus m (genitive perculsūs); fourth declension

1. shock, crash, disturbance, collision

   Synonyms: tumultus, rebellio, inquies, seditio, concursus, inquiētūdō, fragor

   Antonyms: quies, otium, tranquillitas, serenitas, pax

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perculsus	perculsūs
genitive	perculsūs	perculsuum
dative	perculsuī	perculsibus
accusative	perculsum	perculsūs
ablative	perculsū	perculsibus
vocative	perculsus	perculsūs

References

• “perculsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perculsus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “perculsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perculsus 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 completely prostrated by fear: metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
    
  • to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)