perculsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of percellō.

Participle

perculsus (feminine perculsa, neuter perculsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. beaten down
  2. overturned or upset
  3. struck
  4. overthrown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative perculsus perculsa perculsum perculsī perculsae perculsa
Genitive perculsī perculsae perculsī perculsōrum perculsārum perculsōrum
Dative perculsō perculsō perculsīs
Accusative perculsum perculsam perculsum perculsōs perculsās perculsa
Ablative perculsō perculsā perculsō perculsīs
Vocative perculse perculsa perculsum perculsī perculsae perculsa

Noun

perculsus m (genitive perculsūs); fourth declension

  1. shock, crash, disturbance, collision
    Synonyms: tumultus, rebellio, inquies, seditio, concursus, inquiētūdō, fragor
    Antonyms: quies, otium, tranquillitas, serenitas, pax

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perculsus perculsūs
Genitive perculsūs perculsuum
Dative perculsuī perculsibus
Accusative perculsum perculsūs
Ablative perculsū perculsibus
Vocative perculsus perculsūs

References
  • “perculsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perculsus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “perculsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perculsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be completely prostrated by fear: metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
    • to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)
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