I.a beating, striking (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “caducis Percussu crebro saxa cavantur aquis,” Ov. P. 2, 7, 40; Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 3: “venarum,” Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171: “non sentire percussum,” not to feel the injury deeply, Sen. Ira, 3, 25, 3: “contra scorpionis percussum,” App. Herb. 31, 7.
percussus , ūs, m. percutio,