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con-quasso , no
I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a.
I. To shake severely (several times in Lucr. and Cic., elsewh. very rare; after Cic. only in late Lat.).
A. Lit.: “corpus ex aliqua re,” Lucr. 3, 442: “omnia graviter terrarum motibus ortis,” id. 5, 107; cf.: “Appulia maximis terrae motibus conquassata,” Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97; Cod. Just. 1, 14, 6, § 5.—
B. Trop., to shatter, disturb: “conquassatur enim tum mens animaeque potestas (corresp. with collabefieri),” Lucr. 3, 599: “exteras nationes illius anni furore,” Cic. Sest. 26, 56: “civitatem,” id. Vatin. 8, 19: omnes provincias, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: aliquem maximis periculis, Firm. Math. 3, 13, 4.—*
II. To shatter, dash to pieces: “calicem,” Cato, R. R. 52, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.5.4
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 26.56
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 8.19
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.442
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.599
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.107
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.43
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