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percussĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a beating, striking (class.).
I. Lit.: “capitis percussiones,beatings on the head, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: “digitorum,a snapping, id. Off. 3, 19, 75. —
II. Transf., in music and rhetoric, a beating time; hence, concr., time: “percussiones numerorum,Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: “percussionum modi,id. Or. 58, 198; Quint. 9, 4, 51; 11, 3, 108 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.47
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.26
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.51
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.108
    • Cicero, Orator, 58.198
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