pulto, āre, v. freq. a. [collat. form of pulso, from pello],
to beat , strike , knock (ante-class.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14): pectus digitis pultat, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 47: ostium, Ter. Ad. 637: fores, id. Heaut. 275: januam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 30: aedes, id. Most. 2, 1, 56.— Absol. , of knocking at the door, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2: placide, id. Men. 1, 2, 65: pedibus, id. Most. 1, 2, 23.