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pulso, āvi, ātum ( inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).

Lit.:

cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

semine in pila pulsato,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158:

lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.:

pulsari alios et verberari,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

66: pulsatus parens,

Verg. A. 6, 609:

legatos pulsasse dicebantur,

Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45:

ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,

Juv. 3, 289:

ostium,

to knock, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

ostia,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf.

ostiatim,

Quint. 5, 10, 122:

fores,

Ov. M. 5, 448; so,

pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 7:

humum ter pede,

to stamp upon the ground, Ov. F. 6, 330:

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.:

tellurem pede libero,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 1:

prata choreis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines:

ariete muros,

Verg. A. 12, 706:

ariete turres,

Sil. 16, 696:

moenia Romae,

id. 6, 643:

cuspide portas,

id. 12, 565:

pulsabant turrim ariete,

Amm. 20, 11, 21:

moenia Leptitana,

id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments:

chordas digitis et pectine eburno,

to strike, play upon, Verg. A. 6, 647:

chelyn,

Val. Fl. 1, 139:

pectine nervos,

Sil. 5, 463:

cymbala,

Juv. 9, 62.—Of things:

pulsant arva ligones,

Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529:

nervo pulsante sagittae,

Verg. G. 4, 313.—

Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing ( poet.):

ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450:

vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,

Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects:

ululatus pulsat aures,

Claud. B. Get. 625.—

Trop.

In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet:

dormientium animos,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120:

multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3:

quae te vecordia pulsat,

Ov. M. 12, 228:

corda pavor pulsans,

Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.:

curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,

id. A. 10, 216:

variā meritos formidine pulsant,

Val. Fl. 3, 390:

urbes rumoribus,

to disturb, Petr. p. 679:

invidia pulsat pectus,

Sen. Agam. 134:

aliquem querelis,

Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. §

51: superos vocibus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.—

In partic.

To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse:

ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,

Dig. 11, 1, 11:

non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,

ib. 5, 1, 2 med. —

Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame:

pulsari crimine falso,

Claud. B. Gild. 170:

injusta Tartara,

to accuse, charge, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77:

apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent,

Amm. 18, 4, 4.—

To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1:

pericula,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.—

To injure, insult:

pulsatos infecto foedere divos,

Verg. A. 12, 286:

pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,

of treason, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

per-curro, percŭcurri or percurri, percursum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to run through, hasten through; to pass through, traverse, run over, pass over or along class.; syn. peragro).

Lit.:

percurrere agrum Picenum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

labro calamos,

Lucr. 4, 588:

rapido percurrens turbine campos,

id. 1, 273:

pollice chordas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:

conventus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

Tenchteros et Cattos,

Flor. 4, 12:

aristas,

to speed over, Ov. M. 10, 655:

percurrens luna fenestras,

Prop. 1, 3, 31:

pectine telas,

Verg. A. 7, 14; id. G. 1, 294:

ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos,

id. A. 8, 392: tempora nodo, i. e. to wind or bind round, Val. Fl. 6, 63.— Pass., Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83:

hortus fontano umore percurritur,

Pall. 1, 6.—

Trop., to run through:

amplissimos honores percucurrit,

i. e. filled the highest offices one after another, Suet. Ner. 3:

quaesturam, praeturam,

id. Tib. 9; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 7.—In pass.:

percursis honorum gradibus,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.—

To run over in speaking, to mention cursorily:

partes, quas modo percucurri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

quae breviter a te percursa sunt,

id. ib. 1, 47, 205:

multas res oratione,

id. Div. 2, 46, 96:

omnia poenarum nomina,

Verg. A. 6, 627:

celebres in eā arte quam maximā brevitate,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:

modice beneficia,

to mention in a cursory manner, Tac. A. 4, 40:

paucis, quae cujusque ductu gens,

Vell. 2, 38, 1; Juv. 10, 225.—

To run over in the mind or with the eye, to scan briefly, to look over:

multa animo et cogitatione, multa etiam legendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 218:

atque id percurram brevi,

id. Div. in Caecil. 32, 94:

oculo,

to run over, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55:

paginas in annalious magistratuum,

to run through, to look over, Liv. 9, 18, 12:

pugnas,

Val. Fl. 6, 600.— Impers. pass., Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—

Of feelings, sensations, to run through, penetrate, agitate:

omnium pectora occulto metu percurrente,

Curt. 4, 12, 14. —

Neutr., to run, run along to or over any thing (class.):

curriculo percurre (ad villam),

run thither quickly, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11:

ad forum,

id. And. 2, 2, 18: ad aliquem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4:

per temonem (currūs),

to run along the pole, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

per mare et terras,

Lucr. 6, 668.—

Trop. (very rare), to pass; with per, to run over in speaking, touch upon in succession:

nam per omnis civitates quae decumas habent, percurrit oratio mea,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100.