repercutio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

repercutio —, cussus, ere,

to strike back, drive back; only late in act.—P. pass., thrown back, rebounding: repercussus (discus) In voltūs tuos, O. (al. repercusso verbere).—Of light, thrown back, shining back, reflected: aquae lumen Sole repercussum, V.: gemmae repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo, O.: imago, reflected image, O.— Shining back, reflecting: clipei Aere repercusso formam adspexisse, O.—Of sound, thrown back, echoed, echoing: (clamor) iugis montium, Cu.—Reechoing: quos (clamores) repercussae valles augebant, L.