(verb) : dē-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, quatio
* To shake off, strike or beat off, cast off (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Caes. or Cic.).
* 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.
* 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.

(verb) : dēcŭtĭo, ire, 4, de-cutis
* To deprive of skin, to flay, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 14.

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