decussio
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēcussĭo: ōnis, f. decutio,
I a shaking off, rejection, trop.: amputatio et decussio redundantioris nitoris, Tert. Cult. fem. 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēcussĭō, ōnis, f. (decutio 1), action de retrancher [au fig.] : Tert. Cult. 2, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēcussio, ōnis, f. (decutio), das Abschütteln, Abwerfen, übtr., Tert. de cult. fem. 2, 9.
