decutite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decutio, decutire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
flay, skin; deprive of skin;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples

Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...omnes hos obit atque illos ferroque micantia tela decutit; impeditant numero seque ipsa uicissim arma premunt..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...partis cunctatur in omnis dentibus infrendens et tergo decutit hastas: haud aliter, iustae quibus est Mezentius irae..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...devovet arma; huic Chromis amplexo tremulis altaria palmis decutit ense caput, quod protinus incidit arae atque ibi semianimi..."
