rĕ-cŭtĭo, no perf., cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio],
to strike back or backwards , to cause to rebound (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aequor penitus, Val. Fl. 5, 167; jugum Christi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 40: horrorem, id. Conf. 8, 11: uteroque recusso Insonuere cavae cavernae, being caused to reverberate , * Verg. A. 2, 52: recussus somno, aroused by shaking , startled , Ap. Met. 5, 26, 21; 4, 25, 2.