I.a pushing, beating, striking, stamping; a push, blow (class.).
I. Lit.: “pulsu externo agitari,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54: “remorum,” the stroke of the oars, rowing, id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13: “pulsus seni,” i. e. a galley of six banks, Sil. 14, 487; cf. Liv. 22, 19; 27, 37: “pedum,” the trampling of feet, Verg. A. 12, 445; 7, 722: palmarum, Laber ap. Non. p. 151, 28: “lyrae,” a striking, playing, Ov. F. 5, 667: “terrae,” an earthquake, Amm. 23, 1, 7.— “Esp.: pulsus venarum,” the beating of the pulse, the pulse, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6; Val. Max. 5, 7, 1 ext.: “sentire pulsus venarum,” Quint. 7, 10, 10: “pulsum venarum attingere,” Tac. A. 6, 50; so, “arteriarum,” Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219; and so pulsus alone (sc. venarum), the pulse: “pulsus densior, celer, fluctuans,” Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 14, 92: “debilis, densus, formicalis,” id. Tard. 2, 14, 198: “febricitans,” id. Acut. 2, 10, 63 et saep.—
