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• strike (v.):

A. Trans.:

I. To hit forcibly:

1. fĕrio, 4: to s. a wall with battering-rams, murum arietibus f., Sall. J. 76: boxers s. an opponent, pugiles f. adversarium, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56: the lightnings ] the mountain-tops, f. summos fulgura montes, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 11. Fig.: it happened that I was struck with a similar blow, accidit ut ictu simili (i. e., morte propinqui) ferirer, Quint. 6, praef. § 3: to s. the ear (of sound), aurem f., id. 8, 5, 13.
2. percŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (stronger than preced.. prop. to strike through and through): struck with a sword, gladio percussus, Cic. Mil. 24, 65 (v. also to stab, thrust through). But also less strongly: as if a stone should s. a stone, ceu lapidem si p. lapis, Lucr. 6, 162 (160): objects struck by lightning, res de caelo percussae, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: colour struck by the light glistens, color percussus luce refulget, Lucr. 2, 799. Fig.: struck by a wound from fortune, percussus fortunae vulnere, Cic. Acad. 1, 3, 11: cf. percussus (v. l. perculsus) calamitate, id. Mur. 24: ears struck by the voice, auriculae voce percussae, Prop. 1, 16 (17), 28.
3. īco, īci, ictum, 3: struck with a stone, lapide ictus, Caes. B. C. 3, 22: struck by lightning, e coelo ictus, Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: cf. fulmine icitur, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 134: tactus de coelo, Liv. 25, 7, med.: Cic.: Virg.
4. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3: to s. a stone with iron, lapidem ferro c., Lucr. 6, 314 (312): to s. with blows, fists, verberibus, pugnis c., Plaut.
5. pulso, 1: v. to knock, to beat. Cf. caedo, concīdo, mulco, verbĕro, vāpŭlo, tundo, plango (v. to beat: fist): offendo (v. to knock against): v. also to hit, to smack (A., II.), to slap.
6. percello, cŭli, culsum, 3: Postumius struck the fetial's thigh with his knee, fetiali P. genu femur perculit, Liv. 9, 10, extr.: cf. p. aliquem cuspide, Ov. Am. 2, 9, 7.
7. illīdo, si, sum, 3: he struck the cestus into the bones, cestus illisit in ossa, Virg. Aen. 5, 480.
8. bātuo (batt-), ui, 3 (rare and colloq.): to s. one's face, b. os alicui, Pl. Cas. 2, 8, 60. Phr.: to s. blows, intendere ictus, Tac. A. 16, 9: without s.ing a blow, sine certamine, sine ulla dimicatione, Liv. (Quich.).

II. To play a musical instrument:

1. pulso, 1: to s. the strings with the fingers, and an ivory plectrum, chordas digitis et pectine eburno p., Virg. Aen. 6, 647.
2. percŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: to s. the lyre, p. lyram, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40.
3. impello, pŭli, pulsum, 3: to s. the sounding chords with the thumb, vocales i. pollice chordas, Tib. 2, 5, 3.
4. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3: the strings (of the lyre) struck, (nervi) pulsi, Cic. Brut. 54, 199: cf. lyra pulsa manu, Ov. M. 10, 205. Fig.: you have struck the chord of a long discussion, longi sermonis initium pepulisti, Cic. Brut. 87, 297.
5. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3: to s. the chords, t. chordas, Ov. R. Am. 336.
6. quătio, no perf., quassum, 3: to s. the cymbals, cymbala q., Virg. G. 4, 64.
7. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum and tentum, 3 (rare): (Polyhymnia) refuses to s. the lyre, refugit t. barbiton, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 34.
8. incrĕpo, ui, ĭtum, 1: to s. the lyre with the fingers, i. digitis lyram, Ov. H. 3, 118.

III. To stamp, coin (money): percŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (rare in this sense): so that he struck a silver coin with the impression of the constellation Capricorn, (ut) numum argenteum nota sideris Capricorni percusserit, Suet. Aug. 94, extr.: cf. cūdo, signo, fĕrio: v. to coin.
IV. To besprinkle (now obsol.: cf. "They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts," Ex. xii. 7): conspergo, etc. (v. to besprinkle).
V. Of plants: to strike root, rādīces agere, etc. (v. to root).
VI. In games: to strike a ball: perh. pilam remittere, Sen. Ben. 2, 32, init.: pilam expulsare, Mart. 14, 46: pila expulsim ludere, Varr. in Non. 104, 29.
VII. To strike fire (e. g. out of a flint): v. to strike out.
VIII. To strike a measure: *hostorio modium aequare (Georg.).
IX. Of a clock: to strike the hour: the clock is s.ing the hour (or simply, is striking), *horologium indicat horam (Georg.).
X. To let down, lower: to s. the yards, antennas demittere, based on Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 9: to s. the tents, tabernacula detendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 85: Liv. 41, 3, init.: to s. sail, vela subducere. Auct. B. Alex. 45: to s. a flag, *demittere s. deducere vexillum s. vexillum navale.
XI. Fig.: to afflict suddenly: Phr.: some are suddenly struck blind, quidam subito occaecati sunt, Cels. 6, 6, 37: cf. aspectum amittere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: struck blind and deaf, oculis et auribus captus, id. ib. 5, 40, 117: cf. captus luminibus, Liv. 9, 29: extr.: he was struck dumb, *defecit ei linguae usus: *vocis usus (repente) interemptus est: he was struck speechless (i. e. was silent), mutus illico (erat), Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: suddenly the most talkative fellow was struck dumb, repente homo loquacissimus obmutuit (perf. of obmutesco), Cic. Flac. 20, 48: cf. Virg. Aen. 4, 279: grief s.s dumb, dolor includit vocem, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: struck dead, correptus morte subita, Curt. (Quich.): Remus was struck dead in a crowd, in turba ictus R. cecidit, Liv. 1, 7, ad init.: s. (dead) by lightning (may be expr. by), tactus de coelo, percussus de coelo, e coelo ictus (v. supr., I.).
XII. Fig.: to affect (a.) the senses:

1. fĕrio, 4: bodies such as s. the eyes and provoke vision, corpora quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant, Lucr. 6, 924: cf. his spectris etiamsi oculi possent feriri, animus qui possit (sc. feriri) non video, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2.
2. incurro, curri (cŭcurri), cursum, 3: to s. the eyes, in oculos i., id. Att. 12, 21, 5: cf. id quod oculis incurrit, Sen. Ben. 1, 5.
3. incurso, 1: those things which s. the eyes or ears, ea quae oculis vel auribus i., Quint. 10, 3, 28. May also be expr. by, ante oculos s. in oculis esse, Cic.
4. accĭdo, di, 3: the sound of the voice s.s the ears, vocis sonitus aures a., Pl. Stich. 1, 2, 31: v. to reach, B. (II.).
5. impello, pŭli, pulsum, 3: the lamentations of Aristaeus struck his mother's ears, maternas impulit aures luctus Aristaei, Virg. G. 4, 349: to s. the senses, sensus i., Lucr. 304 (297). (b.) the mind: to impress strongly:
1. fĕrio, 4: maxims s. (i. e. impress strongly) the mind, f. animum (sententiae), Quint. 12, 10, 48.
2. percŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: whatever has struck our minds with credibility, quodcunque nostros animos probabilitate percussit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: it struck me (i. e. made me suspicious), percussit animum, id. Att. 4, 8 (b.), 3: struck (or shocked) by the extreme harshness of the letter, percussus atrocissimis litteris, id. Fam. 9, 25, 3. Phr.: struck with surprise, admiratione obstupefacti, id. Deiot. 12, 34 (v. also astonished to be, astounded to be, to root, II.): (thunder-)struck (Fig.), attonitus (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.): the state struck with a kind of fear, timore quodam perculsa civitas, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 3, 2: all are struck with terror, terror omnibus intentatur, Tac. A. 3, 28: to s. with terror, terrorem admovere, Liv. 6, 10, ad med.: beauty s.s us, movet oculos pulchritudo, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98: the beauty of expediency struck him, species utilitatis pepulit eum, id. ib. 3, 10, 41: cf. acriter mentem sensumque pellere, id. Acad. 2, 20, 66: v. to affect (I.), to impress (III.): I am struck at the man's negligence, hominis negligentiam miror, Cic. (v. to wonder). Note.--In a more modified sense, to strike one = to occur to one, and may be expr. by, venit in mentem, etc. (v. to occur, III.).

XIII. In accounts, to strike a balance, consŏlĭdo, dispungo (cf. dispungere est conferre accepta et data, Ulp. Dig. 50, 16, 56): v. to balance (III.).
XIV. To strike a bargain: păciscor, etc.: v. bargain (v. and subs.). Phr.: we have struck a bargain about the price, de pretio inter nos convenit (Quich.): v. also to conclude (V.), to close (A., II., Phr.).

B. Intrans.:

I. Of a ship, to run aground: offendo, di, sum, 3: the ship s.s on the rocks, puppis o. in scopulis, based on Ov. Pont. 4, 14, 22. Phr.: the ship struck upon the rocks, (ad scopulos) afflicta est navis, based on Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25: the stern struck on the shallows, puppis inflicta est vadis, based on Virg. Aen. 10, 303: v. also aground.
II. Of a clock, to strike: the clock s.s, *horologium sonat (Georg.).
III. To cease working: perh. *opere faciendo cessare et mercedem majorem flagitare.

• STRIKE

Transitively, PROP., pulsare aliquid aliqua re: percutere aliquid aliqua re. To strike one’s head against the wall, caput illidere or impingere parieti (with a murderous intention from despair). To strike the lyre, pulsare chordas lyrae (†). To strike with fists, aliquem pugnis caedere; aliquem colaphis pulsare; with a club, aliquem fusti verberare; fusti in aliquem animadvertere; aliquem verberibus caedere, or in aliquem verberibus animadvertere. “To strike anything home” [Vid. HOME, adverb]. To strike with the fist and on the face, alicujus os manu pulsare; pugnum alicui impingere in os: to strike with the flat of the hand on the cheek, alicui alapam ducere: to strike with a stick, aliquem or aliquid petere baculo: struck by lightning, fulmine ictus, percussus (Cic.); ictu fulminis attactus (of trees, inscription); de caelo percussus (e.g. turres, Cic.): to be struck dead by lightning, ictu fulminis deflagrare (Cic.; of Phaeton).
PHR., To strike sail, vela subducere demittereque antennas (PROP.); to anybody, *velis subductis se victum tradere alicui (PROP.); cedere alicui (IMPROP.). To strike a balance, conferre, conficere rationes: to strike a bargain with anybody, pacisci cum aliquo; pactionem facere or conficere cum aliquo (☞ not convenire cum aliquo; but we may say, res convenit mihi cum aliquo; convenimus inter nos). To strike fire, ignem elidere e silice; ignem silici excudere (Vid: Verg., Georg., 1, 135).
To strike (=coin), percutere numos (e.g., with this impression, hac nota; post-Augustan, in this sense).
Figuratively, (a) To surprise by novelty: a thing strikes me, moveor or commoveor re; percutit aliquid animum meum (produces a sudden and powerful expression): res habet aliquid offensionis (is offensive).
(b) To appear unusual, esse notabilem (to be remarkable; of persons and things): conspici, conspicuum esse (to attract the attention; of persons and things; Vid: Bremi, Nep., Att., 13, 5, and Suet., Oct., 45).
Intransitively, (Of a clock), *indicare horas.
To cease from working, opere faciundo cessare; nolle operam suam mercede collocare.

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