I.perf., quassum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. σκεῦος, instrument; σκευάζω, to prepare, to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., Fest. p. 261 Müll.: “cum equus magnā vi caput quateret,” Liv. 8, 7: “alas,” Verg. A. 3, 226: “pennas,” Ov. M. 4, 676; Hor. C. 3, 29, 53: “aquas,” to agitate, disturb, Ov. H. 18, 48: “cymbala,” Verg. G. 4, 64: “catenas,” Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: caput. Ov. F. 6, 400: “comas,” id. H. 14, 40: “quercum huc illuc,” id. M. 12, 329.— “Of earthquakes: quatitur terrae motibus Ide,” Ov. M. 12, 521: “quid quateret terras,” id. ib. 15, 71: “quatiens terram fragor,” Sil. 1, 536.— “Of the ground, by treading, marching, etc.: campum,” Verg. A. 11, 875: “campos,” id. ib. 11, 513; Sil. 1, 297: “quatitur tellus pondere,” id. 4, 199: “sonitu quatit ungula campum,” Verg. A. 8, 596: “pede ter humum,” Hor. C. 4, 1, 28: “pede terram,” id. ib. 1, 4, 7: “quatitur certamine circus,” Sil. 16, 323. —
B. In partic.
1. Of arms, weapons, reins, etc., to wield, brandish, ply, hold: “securim,” Verg. A. 11, 656: “ensem,” Sil. 1, 429: “aegida,” id. 12, 336: “scuta,” Tac. H. 2, 22: “hastam,” Petr. 124: “lora,” Sil. 16, 415; 16, 440: “largas habenas,” id. 17, 542: “verbera (i. e. flagella),” Verg. Cul. 218.—
2. Of the body, breast, limbs, etc., to agitate, shake, cause to tremble, etc.: “horror Membra quatit,” Verg. A. 3, 29: “anhelitus artus et ora quatit,” id. ib. 5, 199: “tussis pulmonem quatit,” Sil. 14, 601: “terror praecordia,” id. 2, 254: “pectora quatit gemitu,” Val. Fl. 5, 310.—
3. To beat, strike, drive: “homo quatietur certe cum dono foras,” to beat out of doors, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67: “Arctophylax prae se quatit Arctum, Cic. poët. N. I). 2, 42, 109: cursu quatere equum,” Verg. G. 3, 132; Sil. 12, 254.—Of things: “quatiunt fenestras juvenes,” Hor. C. 1, 25, 1: “scutum hastà,” Liv. 7, 26, 1. —
4. To shake, beat, or break in pieces, to batter, shatter: “urbis moenia ariete quatere,” Liv. 21, 10: “muros,” Verg. A. 2, 610: “muros arietibus,” Liv. 38, 10: “turres tremendā cuspide,” Hor. C. 4, 6, 7: “tecta quatiuntur,” Plin. Pan. 51, 1: “externas arces,” Sil. 2, 300: “Pergama,” id. 13, 36; cf.: “tonitru quatiuntur caerula caeli,” Lucr. 6, 96. —
II. Trop., to agitate, more, touch, affect, excite: “est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: mentem, Hor. C. 1, 16, 5: “nec vultus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (justum virum),” id. ib. 3, 3, 4: “non ego te Invitum quatiam,” id. ib. 1, 18, 12: “quatiunt oracula Colchos,” Val. Fl. 1, 743: “famā oppida,” id. 2, 122: “quatit castra clamor,” Sil. 3, 231: “tumultus pectora quatit,” Sen. Thyest. 260: “ingenium,” Tac. H. 1, 23: “animum,” Gell. 9, 13, 5: “cum altissima quaterentur, hic inconcussus stetit,” Plin. Pan. 94, 3. —
B. In partic., to plague, vex, harass: “quatere oppida bello,” Verg. A. 9, 608: “extrema Galliarum,” Tac. H. 4, 28. — Hence, quassus , a, um, P. a.
A. Lit., shaken, beaten, or broken in pieces, battered, shattered: “aula quassa,” a broken pot, Plaut. Curc. 3, 26: “muri,” Liv. 26, 51: “naves,” id. 25, 3: “faces,” i. e. pieces of pine-wood split up for torches, Ov. M. 3, 508: “rates,” shattered, leaky, Hor. C. 4, 8, 32; 1, 1, 18: “murra,” Ov. M. 15, 399: “lectus,” id. H. 11, 78: “harundo,” Petr. 69: “turres,” Sen. Thyest. 568; cf.: “multo tempora quassa mero,” Ov. R. Am. 146; cf. quasso, I. B. —
B. Trop.: “quassā voce,” in a broken voice, Curt. 7, 7, 20: “littera,” Quint. 12, 10, 29: “anima quassa malis,” broken down, exhausted, worn out, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1308: “quasso imperio,” Sil. 15, 7.
