rĕ-percŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a., to strike, push, or drive back, cause to rebound; to reflect, reverberate, re-echo, resound (not ante-Aug.; cf.: repello, reflecto).
I Lit., of light, sound, etc.: gemmae Clara repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo, reflected , Ov. M. 2, 110: lumen, Verg. A. 8, 23: aes clipei, Ov. M. 4, 782: illa repercussae imaginis umbra est, id. ib. 3, 434; cf. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128: montis anfractu repercussae voces, re-echoing , resounding , Tac. A. 4, 51: clamor, Curt. 3, 10, 2: valles, Liv. 21, 33.—
B Of other objects: (discus) repercussus, rebounding , Ov. M. 10, 184 Jahn N. cr. : remigem cum e navi fluctus abjecisset, altero latere repercussum fluctus contrarius in navem retulit, hurled back , Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: ita est aliquid quod hujus fontis excursum repercutiat, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.—
II Trop., to cast back , retort , repel : aliena aut reprehendimus, aut refutamus, aut elevamus, aut repercutimus, aut eludimus, Quint. 6, 3, 23: repercutiendi multa sunt genera, id. 6, 3, 78: orationes dicto, Plin. praef. § 31: fascinationes (despuendo), to avert (syn. aversari), id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.