to strike back, drive back; only late in
act.—P. pass., thrown back, rebounding: repercussus
(discus) In voltūs tuos, O. (al. repercusso
verbere).—Of light, thrown back, shining back, reflected: aquae lumen Sole repercussum, V.: gemmae repercusso
reddebant lumina Phoebo, O.: imago, reflected
image, O.— Shining back, reflecting: clipei Aere repercusso
formam adspexisse, O.—Of sound, thrown back, echoed, echoing:
(clamor) iugis montium, Cu.—Reechoing:
quos (clamores) repercussae valles augebant, L.
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