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quasso

quasso, to shake violently, toss, brandish, wave

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

quassō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. a. and n.: to shake violently; shatter, 1.551; 4.53; shake, 5.855; brandish, 9.521. (quatiō)

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quassatis Verb: perfect passive participle feminine dative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter dative plural, Verb: present active indicative 2nd plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine dative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter ablative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine ablative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative plural of quasso

See quassatis in Morpho

quasso (old form casso, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 (305) Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [quatio].
  • Act., to shake or toss violently (class.).
    • A Lit.: ecus saepe jubam quassat, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 506 Vahl.): caput, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 15 (602); Verg. A. 7, 292; Val. Fl. 1, 526: Etruscam pinum, Verg. A. 9, 521: hastam, id. ib. 12, 94; Ov. A. A. 1, 696: monumenta, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 5: lampade, of the Furies, Sil. 2, 611; cf. lampada, Verg. A. 6, 587.—Pass., in mid. force, tremble: quassantur membra metu, Sen. Phoen. 530.—
      • 2 In partic.
        • a To shatter, shiver, to break or dash to pieces, to batter, make leaky: quassatis vasis, Lucr. 3, 434: quassata ventis classis, Verg. A. 1, 551: quassata domus, Ov. Tr. 2, 83; cf.: hordeum sub molā, Ap. Met. 7, 15, 20: harundinem, Petr. S. 134. —
        • b To strike or shake: ramum Lethaeo rore madentem super utraque quassat Tempora, Verg. A. 5, 854.—
    • B Trop., to shake, shatter, impair, weaken: quassatā re publicā, Cic. Sest. 34, 73; id. Marc. 8, 24: quassatum corpus, shattered, enfeebled, Suet. Aug. 31: ingenia vitia quassant, Sil. 11, 428: tempora quassatus, of a drunkard, fuddled, beclouded, disordered, id. 7, 202; cf.: quassus, B. s. v. quatio: IVVENTAM FLETV, to disfigure, impair, Inscr. Grut. 607, 4: harundo quassata, a bruised reed, Vulg. Matt. 12, 20.—
    • C Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion: quassata Placentia bello, Sil. 8, 593: bellis urbs, id. 7, 252.—
  • II Neutr., to shake itself, to shake (poet.): cassanti capite incedit, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23 (403) (Ussing, quassanti): quassanti capite, Ap. Met. 4, 29, 19; 3, 26, 9: siliquā quassante, rattling, Verg. G. 1, 74.— Plur.: capitibus quassantibus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 (305).

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