concutiantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →concutio, concutere, concussi, concussus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shake/vibrate/agitate violently; wave, brandish; (sound) strike (the ear);; strike together/to damage; weaken/shake/shatter; harass/intimidate; rouse;
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...collata plausum. facit ; et plurimum interest utrum cauae concutiantur an planae et extentae. Deinde non tantum ire nubes..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quibus lacrimis perfundantur oscula, quam magnis profundisque suspiriis concutiantur amplexus. misera verecundia sanitatis ingratae: pretium sibi videtur fratris..."