pulsatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pulsātĭo, ōnis, f. [pulso].

I A beating , striking : ostii, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 1: scutorum, Liv. 31, 39: Alexandrinorum, Cic. Cael. 10, 23.— Absol. , Dig. 47, 10, 5.—

II Trop.: pudoris, i. e. forcible violation , Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 4.

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