I.a rebounding, reverberation, repercussion, of light, sound, wind, etc.; reflection, echo, counter-pressure: “solis,” Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 35; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 17: “Etesiarum,” Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: “colorum,” id. 37, 2, 8, § 22: “vocis,” Tac. G. 3 al.: attolli colles occursantium inter se radicum repercussu, by the meeting or crowding together, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6: “ut, ex splendore galearum, et repercussu, quasi ardere caelum videretur,” Flor. 3, 3, 15: “maris,” Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4.
rĕpercussus , ūs, m. repercutio,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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