quassatio

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

quassātĭo, ōnis, f. [quasso],

I a shaking : capitum, Liv. 22, 17, 3: cymbalorum, a striking together , beating , Arn. 7, 237: quassationes, shakings of the body , Macr. S. 7, 15, 9. —

II A disturbance , affliction : cessavit quassatio, Vulg. Psa. 105, 30.

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