The corpus record — Latin

percussor

percussor · m

a striker

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Where it lives

Antoninus Caracallus 3 · 14.69/10k
Galba 2 · 7.25/10k
Nero 4 · 5.12/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 9 · 3.42/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 2 · 2.37/10k
Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

percussor — Lewis & Short

percussor, ōris, m.id.,

I a striker, stabber, shooter.

I In gen. (post-Aug.): leo vulneratus percussorem novit, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.—

II In partic., a murderer, assassin, bandit (class.; syn.: sicarius, interfector), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; Just. 14, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31: subornatus alicui, Suet. Ner. 34; id. Caes. 83; Juv. 8, 173: nocturnus, Petr. 9.

Where it came from

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