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Ἐν γὰρ γυναιξὶ πίστιν οὐκ ἔξεστ' ἰδεῖν → Vix feminarum in genere reperies fidem → Bei Frauen lässt sich Treue nämlich nicht erspäh'n

Menander, Monostichoi, 161

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕpercussus: a, um, Part., from repercutio.
rĕpercussus: ūs, m. repercutio,
I a rebounding, reverberation, repercussion, of light, sound, wind, etc.; reflection, echo, counter-pressure: solis, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 35; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 17: Etesiarum, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: colorum, id. 37, 2, 8, § 22: vocis, Tac. G. 3 al.: attolli colles occursantium inter se radicum repercussu, by the meeting or crowding together, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6: ut, ex splendore galearum, et repercussu, quasi ardere caelum videretur, Flor. 3, 3, 15: maris, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4.