STROKE Copy link • STROKE 1. s. A blow, ictus, -ūs: plaga: pulsus (remorum). A violent stroke, ictus validus: a stroke of lightning, fulmen. Figuratively, A loss, damnum. Line with a pen, etc., linea (lineamentum, Petronius): limes. To make a stroke, lineam ducere: strokes of letters, litterarum ductus: by a single stroke of his pen, una litterarum significatione (Cic., Man., 3, 7, of a single letter producing a great effect). Act of one body on another. A finishing stroke, confectio: to give a finishing stroke to anything, finire aliquid; finem alicujus rei, or, more rarely, alicui rei facere (to make an end): ad finem or ad exitum adducere aliquid (to bring to an end): conficere, transigere aliquid (to accomplish). A masterly effort, facinus: dolus; machina (a stroke of crafty policy). 2. v. mulcere: demulcere (e.g., alicui caput): palpare: palpari (alicui or aliquem).