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(verb) : quasso (old form casso, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, and n. quatio.
* Act., to shake or toss violently (class.).
* Lit.: ecus saepe jubam quassat, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 506 Vahl.): caput,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 15; 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.
* Neutr., to shake itself, to shake (poet.): cassanti capite incedit,Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23 (Ussing, quassanti): quassanti capite,App. M. 4, p. 156, 7; 3, p. 140, 28: siliquā quassante,rattling,Verg. G. 1, 74.— Plur.: capitibus quassantibus,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71.
* 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.
* Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion: quassata Placentia bello,Sil. 8, 593: bellis urbs,id. 7, 252.
* Act., to shake or toss violently (class.).
* Lit.: ecus saepe jubam quassat, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 506 Vahl.): caput,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 15; 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.
* Neutr., to shake itself, to shake (poet.): cassanti capite incedit,Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23 (Ussing, quassanti): quassanti capite,App. M. 4, p. 156, 7; 3, p. 140, 28: siliquā quassante,rattling,Verg. G. 1, 74.— Plur.: capitibus quassantibus,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71.
* 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.
* Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion: quassata Placentia bello,Sil. 8, 593: bellis urbs,id. 7, 252.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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