percussor

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

percussor: ōris, m. id.,
I a striker, stabber, shooter.
I In gen. (post-Aug.): leo vulneratus percussorem novit, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.—
II In partic., a murderer, assassin, bandit (class.; syn.: sicarius, interfector), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; Just. 14, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31: subornatus alicui, Suet. Ner. 34; id. Caes. 83; Juv. 8, 173: nocturnus, Petr. 9.