quasso

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quasso (old form casso, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [quatio].

Act., to shake or toss violently (class.).

Lit.: ecus saepe jubam quassat, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 506 Vahl.):

caput,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 15; Verg. A. 7, 292; Val. Fl. 1, 526:

Etruscam pinum,

Verg. A. 9, 521:

hastam,

id. ib. 12, 94; Ov. A. A. 1, 696:

monumenta,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 5:

lampade, of the Furies,

Sil. 2, 611; cf.

lampada,

Verg. A. 6, 587.— Pass., in mid. force, tremble:

quassantur membra metu,

Sen. Phoen. 530.—

In partic.

To shatter, shiver, to break or dash to pieces, to batter, make leaky:

quassatis vasis,

Lucr. 3, 434:

quassata ventis classis,

Verg. A. 1, 551:

quassata domus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 83; cf.:

hordeum sub molā,

App. M. p. 194, 35:

harundinem,

Petr. S. 134. —

To strike or shake:

ramum Lethaeo rore madentem super utraque quassat Tempora,

Verg. A. 5, 854.—

Trop., to shake, shatter, impair, weaken:

quassatā re publicā,

Cic. Sest. 34, 73; id. Marc. 8, 24:

quassatum corpus,

shattered, enfeebled, Suet. Aug. 31:

ingenia vitia quassant,

Sil. 11, 428:

tempora quassatus, of a drunkard,

fuddled, beclouded, disordered, id. 7, 202; cf.:

quassus, B. s. v. quatio: IVVENTAM FLETV,

to disfigure, impair, Inscr. Grut. 607, 4:

harundo quassata,

a bruised reed, Vulg. Matt. 12, 20.—

Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion:

quassata Placentia bello,

Sil. 8, 593:

bellis urbs,

id. 7, 252.—

Neutr., to shake itself, to shake ( poet.):

cassanti capite incedit,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23 (Ussing, quassanti):

quassanti capite,

App. M. 4, p. 156, 7; 3, p. 140, 28:

siliquā quassante,

rattling, Verg. G. 1, 74.— Plur.:

capitibus quassantibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71.

to shake violently, shake to pieces, break, shatter..

casso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cassus] (late Lat.).

In gen., to bring to naught, destroy, trop., Sid. Ep. 1 fin. —

In the Lat. of the jurists, to annul, make null or void, = abrogo, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 3 al.

casso ( caso), avi, atum, 1, v. n., rare collat. form of quasso (only in Plautus), to shake, waver:

ubi bacchabatur aula, cassabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41; cf.

v. 37: capitibus cassantibus,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 71; cf. quasso, II.

quătĭo, no perf., quassum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. skeuos, instrument; skeuazô, to prepare], to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello).

Lit.

In gen., Fest. p. 261 Müll.:

cum equus magnā vi caput quateret,

Liv. 8, 7:

alas,

Verg. A. 3, 226:

pennas,

Ov. M. 4, 676; Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

aquas,

to agitate, disturb, Ov. H. 18, 48:

cymbala,

Verg. G. 4, 64:

catenas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: caput. Ov. F. 6, 400:

comas,

id. H. 14, 40:

quercum huc illuc,

id. M. 12, 329.—

Of earthquakes: quatitur terrae motibus Ide,

Ov. M. 12, 521:

quid quateret terras,

id. ib. 15, 71:

quatiens terram fragor,

Sil. 1, 536.—

Of the ground, by treading, marching, etc.: campum,

Verg. A. 11, 875:

campos,

id. ib. 11, 513; Sil. 1, 297:

quatitur tellus pondere,

id. 4, 199:

sonitu quatit ungula campum,

Verg. A. 8, 596:

pede ter humum,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:

pede terram,

id. ib. 1, 4, 7:

quatitur certamine circus,

Sil. 16, 323. —

In partic.

Of arms, weapons, reins, etc., to wield, brandish, ply, hold:

securim,

Verg. A. 11, 656:

ensem,

Sil. 1, 429:

aegida,

id. 12, 336:

scuta,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

hastam,

Petr. 124:

lora,

Sil. 16, 415; 16, 440:

largas habenas,

id. 17, 542:

verbera (i. e. flagella),

Verg. Cul. 218.—

Of the body, breast, limbs, etc., to agitate, shake, cause to tremble, etc.:

horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29:

anhelitus artus et ora quatit,

id. ib. 5, 199:

tussis pulmonem quatit,

Sil. 14, 601:

terror praecordia,

id. 2, 254:

pectora quatit gemitu,

Val. Fl. 5, 310.—

To beat, strike, drive:

homo quatietur certe cum dono foras,

to beat out of doors, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67:

Arctophylax prae se quatit Arctum, Cic. poët. N. I). 2, 42, 109: cursu quatere equum,

Verg. G. 3, 132; Sil. 12, 254.—Of things:

quatiunt fenestras juvenes,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

scutum hastà,

Liv. 7, 26, 1. —

To shake, beat, or break in pieces, to batter, shatter:

urbis moenia ariete quatere,

Liv. 21, 10:

muros,

Verg. A. 2, 610:

muros arietibus,

Liv. 38, 10:

turres tremendā cuspide,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 7:

tecta quatiuntur,

Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

externas arces,

Sil. 2, 300:

Pergama,

id. 13, 36; cf.:

tonitru quatiuntur caerula caeli,

Lucr. 6, 96. —

Trop., to agitate, more, touch, affect, excite:

est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: mentem, Hor. C. 1, 16, 5:

nec vultus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (justum virum),

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

non ego te Invitum quatiam,

id. ib. 1, 18, 12:

quatiunt oracula Colchos,

Val. Fl. 1, 743:

famā oppida,

id. 2, 122:

quatit castra clamor,

Sil. 3, 231:

tumultus pectora quatit,

Sen. Thyest. 260:

ingenium,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

animum,

Gell. 9, 13, 5:

cum altissima quaterentur, hic inconcussus stetit,

Plin. Pan. 94, 3. —

In partic., to plague, vex, harass:

quatere oppida bello,

Verg. A. 9, 608:

extrema Galliarum,

Tac. H. 4, 28. — Hence, quassus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., shaken, beaten, or broken in pieces, battered, shattered:

aula quassa,

a broken pot, Plaut. Curc. 3, 26:

muri,

Liv. 26, 51:

naves,

id. 25, 3:

faces,

i. e. pieces of pine-wood split up for torches, Ov. M. 3, 508:

rates,

shattered, leaky, Hor. C. 4, 8, 32; 1, 1, 18:

murra,

Ov. M. 15, 399:

lectus,

id. H. 11, 78:

harundo,

Petr. 69:

turres,

Sen. Thyest. 568; cf.:

multo tempora quassa mero,

Ov. R. Am. 146; cf. quasso, I. B. —

Trop.:

quassā voce,

in a broken voice, Curt. 7, 7, 20:

littera,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

anima quassa malis,

broken down, exhausted, worn out, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1308:

quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7.

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circum-specto, āvi, ātum, āre, v. freq. a., to look about with attention, precaution, desire, etc.; to cast a look around, to search around; and with acc., to look about one ' s self ( attentively, anxiously, etc.) after something, to look all around upon something (class.)

Prop.

Absol.:

dum circumspecto,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 (al.:

me circumspecto): quanto se opere custodiant bestiae, ut in pastu circumspectent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

primum circumspectans tergiversari,

Liv. 4, 14, 4; Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

circumspectans huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc.: te hercle ego circumspectabam, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 8:

alia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 54; 2, 2, 60:

inter se,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

ora principum,

Liv. 26, 18, 6:

quousque me circumspectabitis?

id. 6, 18, 7; cf. Tac. H. 4, 8:

omnia,

to look about anxiously, Cic. Pis. 41, 99; Sall. J. 72, 2; cf.:

mare et silvas, ignota omnia circumspectantes,

Tac. Agr. 32 Ritter (Halm: circum spectantes).— Pass.:

muta atque inanima, tectum et parietes circumspectabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 69 fin. —

With a rel.-clause:

Nabis quanam ipse evaderet circumspectabat,

Liv. 34, 39, 8; cf. with foll. si, id. 25, 36, 5:

si quam reperiat,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc. and ut with subj.:

dum alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant,

Liv. 2, 10, 9.—

Reflex. (only in Plaut.; cf.

circumspicio, I. A.): loca contemplat, circumspectat sese, atque aedis noscitat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 supra.—

Trop.:

dubitans, circumspectans, haesitans, tanquam rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur oratio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

circumspectantes defectionis tempus,

watching, waiting, on the look-out for, Liv. 21, 39, 5:

initium erumpendi,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Vespasianus bellum armaque et procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

carefully weighed, considered, id. ib. 2, 74; so,

fugam et fallendi artes,

id. ib. 3, 73:

medicamina quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7:

omnes argumentorum locos,

Quint. 12, 8, 14.

con-quasso, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.

To shake severely (several times in Lucr. and Cic., elsewh. very rare; after Cic. only in late Lat.).

Lit.:

corpus ex aliqua re,

Lucr. 3, 442:

omnia graviter terrarum motibus ortis,

id. 5, 107; cf.:

Appulia maximis terrae motibus conquassata,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97; Cod. Just. 1, 14, 6, § 5.—

Trop., to shatter, disturb:

conquassatur enim tum mens animaeque potestas (corresp. with collabefieri),

Lucr. 3, 599:

exteras nationes illius anni furore,

Cic. Sest. 26, 56:

civitatem,

id. Vatin. 8, 19: omnes provincias, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: aliquem maximis periculis, Firm. Math. 3, 13, 4.—

To shatter, dash to pieces:

calicem,

Cato, R. R. 52, 2.

crispo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to curl, crisp, crimp ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

Prop.:

capillum,

Plin. 29, 4, 26, § 82: feminae cincinnos, Maec. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.—

Transf.

To make variegated, rough, uneven; to cover or plant with something, to strew over:

tellurem apio viridi,

to border, Col. 10, 166:

mixtum aurum cono,

Stat. Th. 8, 568:

alma novo crispans pelagus Tithonia Phoebo,

Val. Fl. 1, 311; cf. Zumpt ad Rutil. 2, 13:

quādam rugatione crispari corpora,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 17.—

To put into a tremulous motion, to swing, brandish, wave (cf.:

vibro, quasso): bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro,

Verg. A. 1, 313; 12, 165 (cf.: duo doure tinassôn, Il. 12, 298):

non illis solitum crispare hastilia campo,

Sil. 8, 374:

tergeminos jactus,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 35:

buxum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110:

clunes,

Arn. 7, p. 239; cf. crispitudo.— Trop.:

cachinnum,

Sedul. 1, 316.—

Neutr., only in part. pres. crispans.

Curled, uneven, wrinkled:

buxus,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70:

nasus,

Pers. 3, 87.—

Trembling:

cum vibrat crispante aedificiorum crepitu (of an earthquake),

Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198.

mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a drug, medicament, in a good and a bad sense, meaning both a healing substance, remedy, medicine, and, as also medicamentum and the Gr. pharmakon, a poisonous drug, poison (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only once in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, medicamentum).

Lit., a remedy, antidote, medicine: violentis medicaminibus curari, * Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

agrestia medicamina adhibent,

Tac. A. 12, 51:

facies medicaminibus interstincta,

plasters, id. ib. 4, 57:

medicamen habendum est,

Juv. 14, 254:

medicaminis datio vel impositio,

Cod. Just. 6, 23, 28:

potentia materni medicaminis,

Pall. 3, 28:

tantum (ejus) medicamina possunt quae steriles facit,

Juv. 6, 595.—

Trop., a remedy, antidote ( poet.):

iratae medica mina fortia praebe,

Ov. A. A. 2, 489 sq.. quasso medicamina Imperio circumspectare, Sil. 15, 7, 1.—

Transf.

A poisonous drug, poison:

infusum delectabili cibo boletorum venenum, nec vim medicaminis statim mtellectam,

Tac. A. 12, 67:

noxium,

id. ib. 14, 51:

impura,

Flor. 2, 20, 7; Val. Fl. 8, 17.—

A coloring-matter, tincture, dye, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135:

croceum,

Luc. 3, 238.—

In partic., a paint, wash, cosmetic: est mihi, quo dixi vestrae medicamina formae, Parvus, sed cura grande libellus opus, i. e. the treatise Medicamina faciei, Ov. A. A. 3, 205:

facies medicamine attrita,

Petr. 126.—

In gen., an artificial means of improving a thing:

qui (caseus) exiguum medicaminis habet,

i. e. rennet, Col. 7, 8:

vitiosum, i. e. conditura,

id. 12, 20:

vina medicamine instaurare,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 126:

seminum,

i. e. manure, id. 17, 14, 22, § 99. [p. 1123]

quassātūra, ae, f. [quasso], a shaking; hence, transf.,

An injury occasioned by shaking:

quassaturas fovere,

Plin. Val. 4, 5.—

A part injured by shaking, Veg. Vet. 1, 28, 5.