decutio
decutio, to shake off, strike down, cast off
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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decussa Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of decutio
decussa Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular of decusso
decussa Adjective: feminine ablative singular, Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: neuter accusative plural of decussus
- I Lit.: decussa Cydonia ramo, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 27: lilia, Ov. F. 2, 707: summa papaverum capita baculo, Liv. 1, 54: olivas, Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 11: mella foliis, Verg. G. 1, 131: honorem (poet. for frondem) silvis, id. ib. 2, 404: rorem, id. ib. 4, 12: uncum mento fixum, Prop. 4, 1, 141 (5, 1, 141 M.): Victoria fulmine icta decussaque, struck down, Liv. 26, 23; cf. id. 25, 7: pinnas muri, id. 40, 45; 44, 8; cf.: partem muri arietibus, id. 32, 17: muros ariete, id. 33, 17: nidos avium sagittis, Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97: collem decusso Labieni praesidio celeriter occupaverunt, dislodged, Auct. B. Afr. 50 fin.; cf.: decussus Capitolio, Val. Max. 1, 4, 2.—In comic lang.: ex armario argenti tantum, quantum, etc., to shake out, Plaut. Epid. 2, 3, 4 (283).—
- II Trop.: cetera aetate jam sunt decussa, shaken off, thrown aside, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1 (al. decursa): ad id non accedes, ex quo tibi aliquid decuti doles, wrested, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18, 8 fin.
- to deprive of skin, to flay, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 14.
- de + quatio, to shake off, strike down, cast off: ense caput, O.: lilia, O.: summa papaverum capita baculo, L.: mella foliis, V.: silvis honorem (i. e. frondem), H.: turres fulminibus decussae, L.: ariete decussi muri, L.