percellō culī, culsus, ere 1 CEL-, to beat down, throw down, overturn, upset: perculeris iam tu me, T.: eos Martis vis perculit.

—To strike, smite, hit: femur, L.: deam, O.

—Fig., to cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy: adulescentiam.

— To strike with consternation, deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten: metu perculsi, S.: haec te vox non perculit?: Mentes perculsae stupent, H.: quos pavor perculerat in silvas, drove in dismay, L.