percussio

See also: percussió

Latin

Etymology

From percutiō (past participle percussus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkus.si.oː/, [pɛrˈkʊs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkus.si.o/, [perˈkusːio]

Noun

percussiō f (genitive percussiōnis); third declension

1. beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc)
2. (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.