percussor

== English == === Noun === percussor (plural percussors) (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part. (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique. A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping. A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action. === Anagrams === procuress == Latin == === Etymology === From percutiō (“strike or pierce through; shoot”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈkʊs.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈkus.sor] === Noun === percussor m (genitive percussōris); third declension A stabber, striker, shooter. A murderer, assassin, bandit; executioner. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (murderer): carnifex, homicīda, interfector, mactātor, sīcārius ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: percussor Galician: percusor Italian: percussore Portuguese: percussor Spanish: percocero, percusor === References === “percussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “percussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “percussor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin percussor. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: per‧cus‧sor === Noun === percussor m (plural percussores, feminine percussora, feminine plural percussoras) hammer (part of a firearm) anything or anyone who percusses === Adjective === percussor (feminine percussora, masculine plural percussores, feminine plural percussoras) which or who percusses ==== Related terms ==== percussão percutir === Further reading === “percussor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “percussor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026