beat (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To strike1. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3 (to b. so as to bruise or cut)2. concīdo, 3 (b. severely)3. mulco, 1 (to handle roughly, maul)4. verbĕro, 15. pulso, 1 (including all kinds of knocking about6. In pass. vāpŭlo, 1 (to be beaten)1. pulso, 1 (the most common word)2. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum, and tūsum, 3 (esp. with a noise of striking)3. păvĭo, 4 (rare)4. plango, planxi, planctum, 3 (chiefly poet. and with reference to the sound produced)II. To defeat (q. v.)1. sŭpĕro, 12. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3B. Intrans.1. palpĭto, 12. sălĭo, ii, saltum, 4 (usu. of more violent motion)3. ēmĭco, ui and āvi, ātum, 3 • beat (v.): A. Trans.: I. To strike: (i.) of persons: 1. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3 (to b. so as to bruise or cut): to b. any one with the fists, aliquem pugnis c., Pl.: they were beaten to death with rods, virgis ad necem caesi sunt, Cic. 2. concīdo, 3 (b. severely): to b. a man severely with rods, hominem virgis c., Cic.: Juv. 3. mulco, 1 (to handle roughly, maul): he b. the master himself and all his slaves, ipsum dominum atque omnem familiam mulcavit, Ter.: they were severely beaten with clubs and sticks, male mulcati sunt clavis et fustibus, Cic. 4. verbĕro, 1: lictors well practised in b.ing men, lictores ad verberandos homines exercitatissimi, Cic.: Suet. 5. pulso, 1 (including all kinds of knocking about: whereas verbero properly means verberibus caedere, to scourge): to b. and scourge men, ad pulsandos verberandosque homines, Liv. 6. In pass. vāpŭlo, 1 (to be beaten): I was hired to cook, not to be beaten, coctum non vapulatum conductus fui, Pl.: to be beaten with cudgels, fustibus vapulare, Quint. Fig.: to be beaten (i. e. lashed, abused) by the speech of all men, omnium sermonibus vapulare, Cic. (ii.) both of persons and of things. 1. pulso, 1 (the most common word): to b. the ground with the foot, terram pede p., Ov.: Hor.: the (mountain) top is beaten with wind and rain, caput vento pulsatur et imbri, Virg.: to b. the air with hoofs, p. calcibus auras, Sil.: to b. the doors, fores p. Ov.: also archaicé, in form pulto: he b.s his breast with his fingers, pectus digitis pultat, Pl. 2. tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum, and tūsum, 3 (esp. with a noise of striking): to b. the breast with the hand, pectora manu t., Ov.: to b. the ground with the foot, terram pede t., Hor.: to b. the hoarse cymbals, cymbala rauca t., Prop. 3. păvĭo, 4 (rare): the sea b.s the sand, pavit aequor arenam, Lucr.: to b. the earth, terram p., Cic. (only in an etymological passage). 4. plango, planxi, planctum, 3 (chiefly poet. and with reference to the sound produced): the waves b.ing the rocks, fluctus plangentes saxa, Lucr.: to b. a timbrel with the hands, tympana palmis p., Cat. Phr.: they will b. you black and blue, te pingent pigmentis ulmeis, Pl.: to b. a retreat, signum dare receptui, Liv.; also, receptui canere, Caes.: Cic. II. To defeat (q. v.): 1. sŭpĕro, 1: I was not beaten by him (of Hector and Ajax), haud sum superatus ab illo, Ov.: v. to overcome. 2. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3: the army was b.en by the Helvetii, exercitus ab Helvetiis pulsus est, Caes.: Cic.: to b. far greater forces of the enemy, multo majores adversariorum copias p., Nep.: v. to rout, vanquish. B. Intrans.: 1. palpĭto, 1: the heart b.s, cor p., Cic. 2. sălĭo, ii, saltum, 4 (usu. of more violent motion): my heart b.s violently, cor s., Pl.: the veins b., venae s., Ov.: v. to throb. 3. ēmĭco, ui and āvi, ātum, 3: the region where the heart b.s, locus qua cor emicat, Vell. Phr.: you stated the simple fact plainly, and did not b. about the bush, aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nihil circuitione usus es, Ter.: what occasion is there to b. about the bush? quid opus est circuitione et amfractu? Cic.