quasso

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

quassō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.

quatio, to shake violently, toss, brandish, wave : pinum, V.: hastam, V.: ramum super utraque Tempora, V.: laetum siliquā quassante legumen, nodding pod , V.— To shatter, shiver, dash to pieces, batter : turris diu quassata prociderat, L.: Quassata ventis classis, V.: quassata domus, O.—Fig., to shake, shatter, impair, weaken : quassatā re p.