percussio
See also: percussió
Latin
Etymology
From percutiō (past participle percussus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈkʊs.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈkus.si.o]
Noun
percussiō f (genitive percussiōnis); third declension
- beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc)
- (music) beat
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
| genitive | percussiōnis | percussiōnum |
| dative | percussiōnī | percussiōnibus |
| accusative | percussiōnem | percussiōnēs |
| ablative | percussiōne | percussiōnibus |
| vocative | percussiō | percussiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: percussió
- French: percussion
- Galician: percusión
- Italian: percussione
- Portuguese: percussão
- → Russian: перкуссия (perkussija)
- Spanish: percusión
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- percussio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.