I.to beat, strike, knock (ante-class.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14): “pectus digitis pultat,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 47: “ostium,” Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 3: “fores,” id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34: “januam,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 30: “aedes,” id. Most. 2, 1, 56.—Absol., of knocking at the door, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2: “placide,” id. Men. 1, 2, 65: “pedibus,” id. Most. 1, 2, 23.
pulto , āre, v. freq. a. collat. form of pulso, from pello,