I.to strike, push, or drive back, cause to rebound; to reflect, reverberate, re-echo, resound (not ante-Aug.; cf.: repello, reflecto).
I. Lit., of light, sound, etc.: “gemmae Clara repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo,” reflected, Ov. M. 2, 110: “lumen,” Verg. A. 8, 23: “aes clipei,” Ov. M. 4, 782: “illa repercussae imaginis umbra est,” id. ib. 3, 434; cf. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128: “montis anfractu repercussae voces,” re-echoing, resounding, Tac. A. 4, 51: “clamor,” Curt. 3, 10, 2: “valles,” Liv. 21, 33.—
B. Of other objects: “(discus) repercussus,” rebounding, Ov. M. 10, 184 Jahn N. cr.: “remigem cum e navi fluctus abjecisset, altero latere repercussum fluctus contrarius in navem retulit,” hurled back, Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: “ita est aliquid quod hujus fontis excursum repercutiat,” Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.—
II. Trop., to cast back, retort, repel: “aliena aut reprehendimus, aut refutamus, aut elevamus, aut repercutimus, aut eludimus,” Quint. 6, 3, 23: “repercutiendi multa sunt genera,” id. 6, 3, 78: orationes dicto, Plin. praef. § 31: fascinationes (despuendo), to avert (syn. aversari), id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.
