degrassor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dē-grassor, āri, v. dep. n. and a. *

I Neutr., to rush down : deorsum degrassantur aquae, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 94. —

II Act. , poet. transf., to attack fiercely, to revile : primos duces, Stat. Ach. 1, 406 (cf. grassor with the acc., id. Th. 8, 571).