noun · masculinefourth declension
pulsus
pulsus m (genitive pulsūs)
Classical[ˈpʊɫ.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpul.sus]
Meaning
- masculinepulse, impulse, beat, stroke
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulsus | pulsūs |
| genitive | pulsūs | pulsuum |
| dative | pulsuī | pulsibus |
| accusative | pulsum | pulsūs |
| ablative | pulsū | pulsibus |
| vocative | pulsus | pulsūs |
pulsus, a, um, Part., from pello.
pulsus, ūs, m. pello,
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.—II. Trop., impulse, influence:
sive externus et adventicius pulsus animus dormientium commovet, sive, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 61, 126: nulla enim species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, id. ib. 2, 67, 137: animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque, Gell. 9, 13, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pulsus
P. of pello.
pulsus ūs, m
1 PAL-, a pushing, beating, striking, stamping, push, blow, impulse, stroke : pulsu externo agitari: pulsu remorum praestare, in rowing , Cs.: sonum vocis pulsu pedum modulantes, keeping time in the dance , L.: pulsu pedum tremit tellus, trampling , V.: armorum, Ta.: lyrae, playing , O.—Fig., an impulse, impression, influence : externus.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Latinpulsus
Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -sus Latin pulsus From pellō + -sus (action noun).
Elsewhere
- GermanPulsfrom Middle High German puls
- Portuguesepulso
- Spanishpulso
- Asturianpulsu
- Czechpulz
- Danishpuls
- Finnishpulssi
- Galicianpulso
- Georgianპულსი
- Hungarianpulzus
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpolso
- Neapolitanpuzo
- Sicilianpusu
- Venetanpolso
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanpols
- Old Frenchpoulz
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishpoisafrom Leonese poisa
- Asturianpoxa
- Asturianponxa
- Asturianpoixa
- Asturianpoisa
- Asturianpuisa
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianpols