“beat” in Latin

pulsare aliquid (fores, ostium). To beat the forehead, ferire frontem: to heat the wall, ferire parietem: the waves beat against the shore with the greatest noise, fluctus se illidunt maximo cum sono in litus.

To beat on something with something, pulsare aliquid aliqua re: if with violence, percutere aliquid aliqua re: if to produce a sound, concrepare aliqua re ad aliquid; e.g., with the sword on a shield, gladio ad scutum: to beat or strike the head violently against a stone, capite graviter offenso impingi saxo: against the door, capite illidi or impingi foribus: if voluntarily, caput illidere or impingere alicui rei: to beat to pieces, perfringere aliquid.

The rain beats against one’s face, imber in os fertur: to beat with a stick, aliquem or aliquid petere baculo: the pulse beats, venae micant: the heart beats, cor palpitat: if violently, cor salit: to beat the cymbals, cymbalissare (Cassius Hemina, apud Non., 90, 25); aera concrepare (Petronius, 22, quite at the end): the drum, tympanizare; tympanum pulsare: the lyre, pulsare chordas lyrae. To beat with fists, aliquem pugnis caedere; aliquem colaphis pulsare: with a club, aliquem fusti verberare; fusti in aliquem animadvertere; aliquem verberibus caedere, or in aliquem verberibus animadvertere: to beat soundly, aliquem caedere virgis acerrime: if with the fist and on the face, alicujus os manu pulsare; pugnum alicui impingere in os: if with the flat of the hand on the cheek, alicui alapam ducere: to beat to death, aliquem verberibus necare; aliquem usque ad mortem mulcare: to be beaten, vapulare: if as a punishment, tergo plecti. To beat anybody black and blue, pingere aliquem pigmentis ulmeis; variare aliquem virgis et loris; alicujus corium maculosum facere (all Plaut.).

To beat or conquer, vincere; superare: to beat the enemy completely, hostem fundere fugareque: to beat to the ground, aliquem ad terram dare or affligere; aliquem affligere solo; aliquem affligere et ad terram dare.

To heat about the bush (fig.), sciscitari, perscrutari aliquid ex ahquo.

To beat down, sternere, prosternere, opprimere.

To beat in, adigere alicui rei or in aliquid (e.g., cuneum arbori, or clavum in tignum).

To beat into, verberibus inculcare.

To beat out, expellere, propellere extra (e.g., extra portam); ejicere, extrudere, or protrudere foras, loco or ex loco; exturbare: to beat out or thrash, e spicis grana excutere, or discutere, or exterere; frumentum deterere; messem perticis flagellare; spicas baculis excutere; spicas fustibus tundere or cudere; frumentum pulsibus tribularum deterere; messem tribulis exterere: if cattle are employed, e spicis grana excutere jumentis junctis et tribulo; spicas exterere pecudibus, or jumentorum ungulis; spicas exterere grege jumentorum inacto: if horses are employed, messem exterere equorum gressibus. [Vid: THRASH]

To beat up (with a ladle or spoon), rudicula peragitare; rudicula or rudiculis miscere: to beat up for soldiers, mercede conducere milites.