strike against
strike against or on:
A. Trans.:
1. incŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: to s. a staff on one's head, scipionem in caput alicujus i., based on Liv. 5, 41, fin.: to s. the foot on the ground, i. pedem terrae, Quint. 2, 12, 10.
2. offendo, di, sum, 3: to s. the tooth against something hard, solido (dentem) o., Hor. S. 2, 1, 78.
3. illīdo, si, sum, 3: to s. one's head against the doors, caput foribus i., Suet. Aug. 23 (of an intentional act: cf. impingere se in columnas, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, post med.): v. alsoTO DASH AGAINST (I.), TO DRIVE AGAINST .
4. pulso, 1 (poet.: to strike against = to touch): he himself is lofty, and s.s against the stars on high, ipse arduus altaque p. sidera, Virg. Aen. 3, 619: cf. qui vertice nubila pulset, Val. Fl. 4, 149.
B. Intrans.:
1. expr. by pass. of verbs given under (A.): e. g. prows kept s.ing against sterns, incutiebantur puppibus prorae, Curt. 9, 9, ad med.
2. offendo: v.TO STRIKE (B.), TO STUMBLE .
3. incurro: v.TO FALL FOUL OF : v. also TO DASH AGAINST (II.).
A. Trans.:
1. incŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: to s. a staff on one's head, scipionem in caput alicujus i., based on Liv. 5, 41, fin.: to s. the foot on the ground, i. pedem terrae, Quint. 2, 12, 10.
2. offendo, di, sum, 3: to s. the tooth against something hard, solido (dentem) o., Hor. S. 2, 1, 78.
3. illīdo, si, sum, 3: to s. one's head against the doors, caput foribus i., Suet. Aug. 23 (of an intentional act: cf. impingere se in columnas, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, post med.): v. also
4. pulso, 1 (poet.: to strike against = to touch): he himself is lofty, and s.s against the stars on high, ipse arduus altaque p. sidera, Virg. Aen. 3, 619: cf. qui vertice nubila pulset, Val. Fl. 4, 149.
B. Intrans.:
1. expr. by pass. of verbs given under (A.): e. g. prows kept s.ing against sterns, incutiebantur puppibus prorae, Curt. 9, 9, ad med.
2. offendo: v.
3. incurro: v.