quatiō -, quassus, ere, to shake: caput, L.: alas, V.: celeres Pennas, H.: aquas, disturb, O.: quercum huc illuc, O.: quatitur terrae motibus Ide, O.: (equites) quaterent campos, V.: pede ter humum, H.

—To wield, brandish, ply: securim, V.

—To agitate, shake, cause to tremble: horror Membra quatit, V.

—To beat, strike, drive: homo quatietur certe cum dono foras, T.: cursu quatiunt (equum), V.: fenestras, H.: scutum hastā, L.

— To break, crush, batter, shatter: urbis moenia ariete, L.: muros, V.: turrīs tremendā Cuspide, H.: in quassas navīs paucis rebus inpositis, L.: Quassaque cinnama, triturated, O.

—Fig., to agitate, move, touch, affect, excite: est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur: nec voltus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (virum), H.

—To plague, vex, harass, weary: oppida bello, V.: equum cursu, V.: multo tempora quassa mero, i. e. aching, O.: extrema Galliarum, Ta.