beating (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In gen.; a striking1. ictus, ūs2. planctus, ūs (chiefly of the breast, as a mark of grief)3. plangor (in the same sense)4. percussĭo (of time, in music)5. percussus, ūs6. palpitātio (of the heart)II. B. of a person • beating (subs.): I. In gen.; a striking: 1. ictus, ūs: to move to the b. of feet in rhythm, ad ictus modulantum pedum moveri, Plin.: to shake windows with repeated b., ictibus crebris quatere fenestras, Hor.: v. blow, stroke. 2. planctus, ūs (chiefly of the breast, as a mark of grief): Sen.: Tac. 3. plangor (in the same sense): Cic.: Virg. 4. percussĭo (of time, in music): Cic.: Quint. 5. percussus, ūs: the b. of the veins, p. venarum, Plin. 6. palpitātio (of the heart): p. cordis, Plin. II. B. of a person: verbĕra, um, n. (lit. blows): this fellow will get a b., huic homini parata erunt v., Ter.: to give any one a b., aliquem verberibus caedere, Ter.: also simply, verbero: v. to beat, flog. To get a b., vāpŭlo, 1: v. to beat. Phr.: What a b. I would have given you, had I not been angry, quomodo te accepisecm nisi iratus essem, Cic.