Quatio, tis, si, sum, tere. To shake violently: to brãvish: to vexe: to cast out.Mœnia quatit ariete.Liu.He battereth the walles with.Quum equus prioribus pedibus erectis magna vi caput quaterer, excussit equitem. Li. When the horse rising vp a loft with the fore feete did shake his head violently, &c.Oleam legere oportet potius, qum quatere. Varro. Quatere aliquem soras.Terent.To thrnst one out of dores.Quatere aliquem mente solida. Horat. To make one change his minde for feace.Quati ægritudine.Cicer.To be vexed or tormented with a disease.Alas quatere magnis clangoribus.Virg.To clap the wings and make a great noyse.Vastos quatit æger anhelitus artus.Virg.Quatiunt comas. Catul. Cymbala quatere. Virg.Cursu quatere armenta.Virg.Fundamenta quatere.Virg.Certam quatit improbus hastam.Virg.Nudos quatit ille lacertos, Ouid.Horror frigidus membra quatit.Virg.A cold feare made his bodie to tremble.Aridaque ora quatit.Virg.Gemitu quatit pectora.Val. Flac.Pennas quatere.Ouid. Risu quatere aliquem. Hora. Tedam quatere manu. Catul. Terrore quatere populos. Sen. Tonitru quatiuntur cærula cœli. Lucret. The element shaketh with the noise of thunder.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
quătĭo, no perf., quassum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. skeu=os, instrument; skeua/zw, to prepare], to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello). I.Lit.A. 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. — B. In partic. 1. 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.— 2. 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.—3.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 hast, Liv. 7, 26, 1. — 4.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. — II.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. — B. 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.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. — B.Trop.: quassā voce,