decussit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decutio, decutere, decussi, decussus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shake/strike/knock/force down/off/aside (from upright); dislodge; overturn;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...solutos expulit Boreas Notos et saeua totas bruma decussit comas, deforme solis aspicis truncis nemus: sic nostra longum..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uere nidifico creat aut rigida cum iam bruma decussit decus nemorum et niuali cuncta constrinxit gelu, quodcumque gramen..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...posuit cum uinea frondes frigidus et siluis Aquilo decussit honorem, iam tum acer curas uenientem extendit in annum..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...addidit atris praedarique lupos iussit pontumque moueri, mellaque decussit foliis ignemque remouit et passim riuis currentia uina repressit..."