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		percussēre, percussērunt
	pluperfect	percusseram		percusserās		percusserat		percusserāmus		percusserātis		percusserant
	future perfect	percusserō		percusseris		percusserit		percusserimus		percusseritis		percusserint
passive	present	percutior		percutere, percuteris		percutitur		percutimur		percutiminī		percutiuntur
	imperfect	percutiēbar		percutiēbāre, percutiēbāris		percutiēbātur		percutiēbāmur		percutiēbāminī		percutiēbantur
	future	percutiar		percutiēre, percutiēris		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		percutiāre, percutiāris		percutiātur		percutiāmur		percutiāminī		percutiantur
	imperfect	percuterer		percuterēre, percuterēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		percutere			percutī			percutiēns			—
future		percussūrum esse			percussum īrī			percussūrus			percutiendus, percutiundus
perfect		percussisse			percussum esse			—			percussus
future perfect		—			percussum fore			—			—
perfect potential		percussūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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 (2003-2025), 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