percussio
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
percussĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a beating, striking (class.).
I Lit.: capitis percussiones, beatings on the head, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: digitorum, a snapping, id. Off. 3, 19, 75. —
II Transf., in music and rhetoric, a beating time; hence, concr., time: percussiones numerorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: percussionum modi, id. Or. 58, 198; Quint. 9, 4, 51; 11, 3, 108 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
percussĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (percutio),
1 action de frapper, coup : Cic. Tusc. 3, 62 ; digitorum percussione Cic. Off. 3, 75, en faisant claquer ses doigts ; capitis percussiones Cic. Tusc. 3, 62, les coups sur la tête
2 temps frappé [en t. de musique et de métrique], battement : Cic. de Or. 3, 182 ; Or. 198.
