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percussio
percussio
See also: percussió
Latin
Noun
percussiō f (genitive percussiōnis); third declension
- beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc)
- (music) beat
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
| genitive | percussiōnis | percussiōnum |
| dative | percussiōnī | percussiōnibus |
| accusative | percussiōnem | percussiōnēs |
| ablative | percussiōne | percussiōnibus |
| vocative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
Descendants
- French: percussion
- Russian: перкуссия (perkussija)
References
- percussio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- percussio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PERCUSSIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “percussio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.