knock (v.) Copy link Outline 1. pulso, 1 (pulto in early writers)2. fĕrio • knock (v.): 1. pulso, 1 (pulto in early writers): to k. at the door, fores p., Pl. Bac. 4, 1, 9; ostia p., Hor. S. 1, 1, 10: also absol., Quint.: Ov. (Pl. has arieto, faceté, of one hammering violently at a door, Truc. 2, 2, 1.) 2. fĕrio: v. to strike. See foll. art.