Definition of quasso, casso
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LNS
quassō, quassāre, quassāvī, quassātus
cassō, cassāre, cassāvī, cassātus
quatio
verb (1st conjugation)
  1. to shake or toss violently
  2. tremble
  3. To shatter, shiver, to break or dash to pieces, to batter, make leaky
  4. To strike or shake
  5. to shake, shatter, impair, weaken
  6. to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion
Abbreviations
quasso (old form casso, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. quatio. Act., to shake or toss violently (class.). 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.

— In partic. 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.

— To strike or shake: ramum Lethaeo rore madentem super utraque quassat Tempora, Verg. A. 5, 854.

— 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.

— Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion: quassata Placentia bello, Sil. 8, 593: bellis urbs, id. 7, 252.

— 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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