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per-cello , cŭli, culsum, 3 (perculsi for perculi, Amm. 17, 8, 4; 25, 8, 13), v. a. cf.: procella, celer,
I.to beat down, throw down; to overturn, upset (class.; syn.: percutio, deicio).
I. Lit.: ventus Cercius plaustrum oneratum percellit, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; cf.: vento perculsam ratem, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 273 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 154 fin. Rib.): magnas quercus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): abietem, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 11: alii adnutat ... alii percellit pedem, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 17 Rib.): “perii! perculit me prope,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 87: “radicibus arborum,Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 334: “Mars communis saepe spoliantem jam et exsultantem evertit et perculit ab abjecto,Cic. Mil. 21, 56: “eos Martis vis perculit,id. Marc. 6, 17.—Prov.: Perii, plaustrum perculi! I've upset my cart, i. e. I've done for myself, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.—
B. Transf., to strike, smite, hit: “fetiali Postumius genu femur perculit,Liv. 9, 10 fin.; cf. id. 9, 11, 11: “aliquem cuspide,Ov. Am. 2, 9, 7; 1, 7, 32.— Poet.: “vox repens perculit urbem,struck, reached, Val. Fl. 2, 91.—
II. Trop.
B. To strike with consternation, to deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten: “haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit?Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: “timore perculsi membra,Lucr. 5, 1223: “civitates atrocibus edictis,Tac. H. 1, 53; Flor. 1, 10, 2: “animos (timor),Val. Fl. 4, 651.—
C. To urge on, excite, impel: “volucres perculsae corda tuā vi,Lucr. 1, 13: “aliquem ad turpitudinem,App. Mag. p. 281.—Perf.: “perculit, in a neutr. signif., for perculsus est,Flor. 3, 10, 8.
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