Pulso

Latin-English

puls|ō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum. (ˈpul.so) v. trans.

1. To strike.

[pello.]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.82:

praecedit vero comitaturque terribilis sonus, alias murmuri similis, alias mugitibus aut clamori humano armorumve pulsantium fragori, pro qualitate materiae excipientis formaque vel cavernarum vel cuniculi, per quem meet

Indeed, a terrifying noise goes before and along with it, sometimes a rumbling, sometimes like a bellowing or human shouting or the clash of striking arms, depending on the quality of the matter receiving it and the shape of the caverns or the tunnel through which it passes.