succutio

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

suc-cŭtĭo (subc-), ussi, ussum, 3, v. a. [sub-quatio], to fling up from below, fling aloft, toss up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: orbes rotarum, Lucr. 6, 551: currus alte, Ov. M. 2, 166: mare, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 1: vasculum, Ap. Met. 2, 7, 11; caput, id. Mag. p. 333 et saep.—*

II Trop.: vultūs succussus, Val. Max. 6, 9 ext. 5.

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