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quasso (old form casso , Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. quatio.
I. 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; 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,App. M. p. 194, 35: “harundinem,Petr. S. 134. —
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 (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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • New Testament, Matthew, 12.20
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 34.73
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.551
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.854
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.587
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.292
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.521
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.74
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 31
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.3
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 2.3
    • Plautus, Mercator, 3.4
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.434
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.17.5
    • Seneca, Phoenissae, 530
    • Petronius, Satyricon, 134
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.526
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