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noun

Ictus n.

(Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

(Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

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Etymology of 'Ictus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ictus" Quotes from Famous Books

... non fictos pertulit ictus A tortore datos haud molli in corpore gratos, Disceret ut ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... commander. High aloft he tossed his great sword as he rode, and sang the time a song of war; and as he sang, the thousands of deep throats behind him made chorus terrible but stirring in its chesty melody, for ictus to the song each warrior smiting sword on shield in a mighty unison whose high, sonorous note thrilled like the voice of actual war. Steady the strong eyes gleamed out and onward as they rode. From the steel-clad breast of ...

— The Singing Mouse Stories • Emerson Hough

... that Kudrat Sharif, Neela Deo's mahout, was the third of his line to serve the Blue God, who was not yet nearly in the ictus of his power and beauty; while he, Chakkra, was the only mahout Gunpat Rao had known—since he came down from the Vindhian trap-stockades, where he was snared. He was about thirty years younger than Neela Deo, the King. Would the Sahib ...

— Son of Power • Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost