LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

percussiō

percussiō f (genitive percussiōnis)
Classical[pɛrˈkʊs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈkus.si.o]

Meaning

  1. beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc)
  2. beat

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepercussiōpercussiōnēs
genitivepercussiōnispercussiōnum
dativepercussiōnīpercussiōnibus
accusativepercussiōnempercussiōnēs
ablativepercussiōnepercussiōnibus
vocativepercussiōpercussiōnēs

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin percussiō From percutiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpercussió
  • Frenchpercussion
  • Italianpercussione
  • Portuguesepercussão
  • Spanishpercusión
  • Galicianpercusión
  • Russianперкуссия

In English words that came into English from percussiō

  • percussionpercussiō

Quick answers

What does percussiō mean in Latin?
percussiō, a noun, means “beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc); beat”.
What is the genitive of percussiō?
The genitive singular is percussiōnis. percussiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce percussiō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈkʊs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈkus.si.o].