, Verg. A. 6, 647: chelyn, Val. Fl. 1, 139: pectine nervos, Sil. 5, 463: cymbala, Juv. 9, 62.—Of things: pulsant arva ligones, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529: nervo pulsante sagittae, Verg. G. 4, 313.—B.Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing (poet.): ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera, Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450: vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat, Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects: ululatus pulsat aures, Claud. B. Get. 625.— II.Trop.A. In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet: dormientium animos, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120: multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: quae te vecordia pulsat, Ov. M. 12, 228: corda pavor pulsans, Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.: curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum, id. A. 10, 216: variā meritos formidine pulsant, Val. Fl. 3, 390: urbes rumoribus,
to disturb
, Petr. p. 679: invidia pulsat pectus, Sen. Agam. 134: aliquem querelis, Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. 51: superos vocibus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.—B. In partic. 1.To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse: ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur, Dig. 11, 1, 11: non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere, ib. 5, 1, 2 med.—2.Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame: pulsari crimine falso, Claud. B. Gild. 170: injusta Tartara,
to accuse
,
charge
, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77: apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent, Amm. 18, 4, 4.—C.To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, 1: pericula, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.—D.To injure, insult: pulsatos infecto foedere divos, Verg. A. 12, 286: pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,