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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.

terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root tras-, trasāmi, tremble; Gr. treô], to frighten, [p. 1861] affright, put in fear or dread, to alarm, terrify.

Lit. (class. and very freq.):

nec me ista terrent,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4:

adversarios,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

qui urbem totam... caede incendiisque terreret,

id. Har. Resp. 4, 6:

eum hominem istis mortis aut exsilii minis,

id. Par. 2, 17:

suae malae cogitationes terrent,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67:

maris subita tempestas terret navigantes,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

milites... alii se abdere, pars territos confirmare,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

multum ad terrendos nostros valuit clamor,

Caes. B. G. 7, 84:

mortis metu territi,

Curt. 6, 7, 10; 9, 4, 16:

aliquem proscriptionis denuntiatione,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87:

metu poenāque,

id. Rep. 5, 4, 6:

ut in scenā videtis homines consceleratos impulsu deorum terreri Furiarum taedis ardentibus,

id. Pis. 20, 46:

terrere metu,

Liv. 36, 6, 10:

territus hoste novo,

Ov. M. 3, 115. — With ne and subj.:

Samnites maxime territi, ne ab altero exercitu integro intactoque fessi opprimerentur,

Liv. 10, 14, 20:

terruit urbem, Terruit gentes, grave ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 4 sq. —With gen.:

territus animi,

Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 50 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 34, 4.— Absol.:

ut ultro territuri succlamationibus, concurrunt,

Liv. 28, 26, 12.—

Transf.

To drive away by terror, to frighten or scare away ( poet.):

profugam per totum terruit orbem,

Ov. M. 1, 727:

fures vel falce vel inguine,

id. ib. 14, 640; cf.:

has (Nymphas) pastor fugatas terruit,

id. ib. 14, 518:

volucres (harundo),

Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:

saepe etiam audacem fugat hoc terretque poëtam,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 182:

terret ambustus Phaethon avaras Spes,

id. C. 4, 11, 25.—

To deter by terror, to scare, frighten from any action:

aliquem metu gravioris servitii a repetendā libertate,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch:

ut, si nostros loco depulsos vidisset, quo minus libere hostes insequerentur, terreret,

Caes. B. G. 7, 49.—With ne, Tac. H. 2, 63; 3, 42:

memoria pessimi proximo bello exempli terrebat, ne rem committerent eo,

Liv. 2, 45, 1:

praesentiā tuā, ne auderent transitum, terruisti, Auct. Pan. ap. Constant. 22: non territus ire,

Manil. 5, 576:

inimicos loqui terrent amplitudine potestatis,

Amm. 27, 7, 9.

trĕpĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.], to hurry with alarm, to bustle about anxiously, be in a state of confusion, agitation, or trepidation (class., but not in Cic.):

ut ille trepidabat! ut festinabat miser!

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 9;

so with festinare,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 25; Sall. C. 31, 1:

quid est quod trepidas, Ter Eun. 5, 5, 8: tum demum Titurius trepidare, concursare,

Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

trepidare omnibus locis,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

currere per totum pavidi conclave magisque Exanimes trepidare,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 114:

dum in sua quisque ministeria discursu trepidat ad prima signa,

Liv. 23, 16, 12:

trepidante totā civitate ad excipiendum Poenum visendumque,

id. 23, 7, 10:

circa vallum (hostes), Auct. B. Afr. 82, 1: circum artos cavos (mures),

Phaedr. 4, 6, 3:

vigiles tumultuari, trepidare, moliri portam,

Liv. 27, 28, 10:

nobis trepidandum in acie instruendā erat,

id. 44, 38, 11:

dum trepidant alae,

Verg. A. 4, 121:

lymphati trepidare coeperunt,

Curt. 4, 12, 14:

at Romanus homo... Corde suo trepidat,

Enn. Ann. 4, 7; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 59:

spe trepido,

Luc. 7, 297:

trepidare laetitiā,

Arn. 7, n. 4:

voce,

Pers. 1, 20:

multa manu medicā Phoebique potentibus herbis Nequiquam trepidat,

Verg. A. 12, 403:

nam veluti pueri trepidant atque omnia caecis In tenebris metuunt,

Lucr. 2, 55; 3, 87; 6, 35; cf.:

ancipiti trepidant terrore per urbes,

id. 6, 596:

recenti mens trepidat metu,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 5:

metu falso,

Ov. Tr 1, 5, 37:

formidine belli,

id. ib. 3, 10, 67:

in dubiis periclis,

Lucr. 3, 1076:

ridetque (deus), si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 32.— Impers. pass.:

trepidari sentio et cursari rursum prorsum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 35:

totis trepidatur castris,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

ubi jam trepidatur,

Lucr. 3, 598:

vastis trepidatur in arvis,

Sil. 4, 26:

si gradibus trepidatur ab imis,

Juv. 3, 200.—

Like tremo with acc., to tremble at, be afraid of ( poet. and very rare):

et motae ad lunam trepidabis harundinis umbram,

Juv. 10, 21:

occursum amici,

id. 8, 152:

lupos (damae),

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1058.—

With inf. ( poet.):

ne trepidate meas, Teucri, defendere naves,

Verg. A. 9, 114:

occurrere morti,

Stat. Th. 1, 639.—

With ne:

trepidat, ne Suppositus venias et falso nomine poscas,

Juv. 1, 97; 14, 64.—

Of things, Lucr. 2, 965:

quae (aqua) per pronum trepidat cum murmure rivum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 21; cf.:

obliquo laborat Lympha fugax trepidare rivo,

id. C. 2, 3, 12:

flammae trepidant,

flare, waver, flicker, id. ib. 4, 11, 11:

trepidantia exta,

throbbing, quivering, palpitating, Ov. M. 15, 576:

sic aquilam pennā fugiunt trepidante columbae,

id. ib. 1, 506:

sub dentibus artus,

id. ib. 14, 196.—

With inf.:

octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 24.—Hence, trĕpĭdanter, adv., trem blingly, timorously, anxiously, with trepidation (rare):

trepidanter effatus,

Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.:

trepidantius timidiusque agere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.