Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.to shake off, strike or beat off, cast off (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Caes. or Cic.).

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.—

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.