decussos
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...humanam intulit mensaeque subiecit. Cenante rursus bos arator decusso iugo triclinio irrupit, ac fugatis ministris quasi repente defessus..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...potiti. Deinde protinus collem petere contenderunt atque eum decusso Labieni praesidio celeriter occupaverunt. Labienus cum parte equitum..."