I.perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7), 3, v. a. caedo, to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.
II. Esp.
A. To cut to pieces, rout utterly, destroy: “exercitum,” Flor. 3, 20, 10: “terga hostium,” id. 4, 12, 7.—
B. In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3; Mart. 12, 35, 2; cf.: percisus, paedicatus, πεπυγισμένος, Gloss. Philox.; so, “too, alicui os, i. q. irrumare,” Mart. 2, 72, 3 (al. praecisum).