excutiō cussī, cussus, ere ex + quatio, to shake out, shake off, cast out, drive out, send forth: (litteris) in terram excussis, shaken out: equus excussit equitem, threw off, L.: Excutimur cursu, V.: lectis utrumque, H.: gladiis missilia, parry, Ta.: excussos laxare rudentīs, uncoil and let out, V.: ignem de crinibus, shake off, O.: si excutitur Chloe, be cast off, H.: alqm patriā, V.: me domo, take myself off, T.: comantīs cervice toros, shake, V.: excussaque bracchia iacto, tossed, O.: lacrumas mihi, T.: sudorem, N.: excutior somno, am roused, V.

—To project, throw: tela, Ta.: glandem, L.: facinus ab ore, i. e. the poisoned cup, O.

—To shake out, search: te.

— Fig., to shake out, shake off, force away, discard, remove, wrest, extort: omnīs istorum delicias: aculeos orationis meae: corde metum, O.: excussa pectore Iuno est, V.: (negotiis) Excussus propriis, H.: risum sibi, excite, H.: foedus, reject, V.

— To search, examine, investigate, scrutinize: illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur, etc.: freta, O.: puellas, O.: quae delata essent, Cu.