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|lshtext=<b>con-cŭtĭo</b>: cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [[quatio]], as [[cur]] = quāre.<br /><b>I</b> To [[strike]] one [[upon]] [[another]], to [[strike]] [[together]] ([[rare]]): [[utrum]] cavae [[manus]] concutiantur, an planae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1: concussā manu [[dare]] signa, Ov. M. 11, 465: frameas, Tac. G. 11.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[shake]] [[violently]], to [[shake]], [[agitate]] (freq. and [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): concutit [[ungula]] terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.): [[tonitru]] concussa aequora caeli, Att. ap. Non. p. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 224 Rib.); cf.: templa caeli [[summa]] sonitu (in a parodying of [[pathos]]), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; cf.: serena caeli sonitu, Lucr. 2, 1101; 6, 358: grandi [[tonitru]] concussa [[repente]] Terra, id. 5, 551; cf. id. 6, 544: [[terra]] ingenti motu concussa est, Liv. 3, 10, 6; Ov. M. 8, 781: concussae cadunt urbes, Lucr. 5, 1236: concusso terrae motu theatro, * Suet. Ner. 20: [[moenia]], Ov. M. 13, 175: freta, id. ib. 6, 691; 7, 201: undas, id. ib. 8, 605: [[artus]], Lucr. 5, 1076; 6, 595; cf. id. 2, 949: corpora risu, id. 1, 918; 2, 976; cf. Juv. 3, 101; Quint. 6, 3, 9: [[caput]], Ov. M. 2, 50: caesariem, id. ib. 1, 179; cf. comam, id. F. 2, 846: tempora, id. M. 13, 644: manum, id. ib. 11, 465: [[pectus]], id. ib. 2, 755: [[arma]] manu, to [[hurl]], id. ib. 1, 143; 7, 130; cf.: [[tela]] lacertis, id. ib. 12, 79: te [[certo]] arcu, to [[hit]] [[surely]], Prop. 1, 7, 15: inmissis aurigae undantia [[lora]] Concussere jugis, Verg. A. 5, 147: in calicibus concussis, Plin. 35, 16, 55, § 193 Sillig N. cr.: munimenta arietibus admotis, Curt. 8, 2, 22: aures Caesaris concutit [[fragor]], Luc. 6, 163: [[corpus]] concutit [[gestatio]], Sen. Ep. 15, 6: pectora planctu, Stat. S. 5, 1, 179.—Pass.: quorum (ignium) ictu concuti [[aera]] [[verum]] est, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112: [[corpus]] concutitur gestatione, Cels. 3, 21: majore [[cachinno]] Concutitur, Juv. 3, 100: concutitur [[sanguis]], Lucr. 3, 249.—Esp. in [[part]]. perf.: mugitibus [[aether]], Verg. G. 3, 151: risu tremulo (ora), Lucr. 1, 919; 2, 976: rates, shattered, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59: [[coma]], id. F. 2, 846: [[corpus]] vulnere, Stat. S. 3, 4, 70: fores, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50: [[ilex]], Verg. G. 4, 81: [[quercus]], id. ib. 1, 159: [[materies]] per [[artus]], Lucr. 2, 949: Lyrnesia [[moenia]] dextrā, Ov. M. 13, 175: [[mons]], Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 53: [[paries]], Dig. 39, 2, 18, § 11: remo concusso tollere ratem, Val. Fl. 1, 340.— With Gr. acc.: [[pectus]] concussa crebris verberibus, Luc. 2, 335.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Se, to [[examine]] by [[shaking]] one's [[self]]; the [[figure]] taken from the [[searching]] of a [[thief]], etc., by [[shaking]] his garments; [[hence]], trop. equiv. to [[search]], [[examine]] (cf. [[excutio]]): te ipsum Concute, num [[qua]] [[tibi]] vitiorum inseverit [[olim]] Natura, Hor. S. 1, 3, 35 Orell. ad loc. and cf. B. 3. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[shake]] the [[power]] of, [[shake]] to its [[foundation]], to [[shatter]], [[cause]] to [[waver]], to [[impair]], [[disturb]], [[distract]]: rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; Plin. [[Pan]]. 6, 3: provincias magnis momentis, Vell. 2, 78: [[regnum]], Liv. 33, 19, 1: orbem, Tac. H. 1, 16: [[opes]] Lacedaemoniorum, Nep. Epam. 6, 4: provincias magnis molimentis, Vell. 2, 78, 1: concusso jam et [[paene]] fracto Hannibale, Liv. 28, 44, 11: domum, Tac. H. 3, 45: concussā Transrhenanorum [[fide]], id. ib. 5, 25: [[nondum]] concusso senatusconsulto, id. A. 14, 43: [[imperium]] Persarum, Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf. Plin. Ep. 10, 114 (115), 3: concussa [[fides]], Luc. 1, 182.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[shake]] in [[feeling]], to [[agitate]] [[violently]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Usually, to [[put]] in [[fear]], [[terror]], or [[anxiety]], to [[terrify]], [[alarm]], [[trouble]]: terrorem metum concutientem definiunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: consules declarantur M. [[Tullius]] et C. [[Antonius]], [[quod]] [[factum]] [[primo]] populares conjurationis concusserat, Sall. C. 24, 1: populum Romanum terrore Numantini belli, Vell. 2, 90, 3; Quint. 4, 2, 37: urbem, Verg. A. 4, 666: totam Asiam, Curt. 4, 1, 20: [[ingens]] barbaros [[pavor]] concusserat, id. 8, 2, 24: casu [[concussus]] [[acerbo]], Verg. A. 5, 700; Tac. H. 2, 99 fin.: [[extemplo]] turbati animi concussaque vulgi Pectora, Verg. A. 11, 451. —Poet. in a Greek constr.: casu animum [[concussus]] amici, Verg. A. 5, 869: hoc concussa metu mentem Juturna [[virago]], id. ib. 12, 468; so Hor. S. 2, 3, 295.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the jurists: aliquem, to [[terrify]] one by threats, etc., in [[order]] to [[extort]] [[money]] from him, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 3; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 12; Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; cf. [[concussio]], II., [[concussor]], and [[concussura]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In gen., of [[any]] [[excitement]] of the passions: magnum et summum est deoque vicinum, non concuti. Hanc stabilem animi sedem [[Graeci]] εὐθυμίαν vocant ... ego tranquillitatem [[voco]], Sen. Tranq. 2, 3: hoc agite: Poenas petite violatae Stygis: Concutite [[pectus]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 105.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[urge]], [[excite]], [[rouse]] to [[activity]], = excitare, commovere ([[rare]] and not [[ante]]-Aug.): fecundum concute [[pectus]], Verg. A. 7, 338: tu concute plebem, Petr. Poet. 124, 288: se concussere ambae, Juv. 10, 328: non [[leviter]] se Numidia concussit, Flor. 3, 1, 2.—Hence, * [[concussus]], a, um, P. a., stirred up, [[restless]]: [[Pallas]] [[aliquanto]] concussior, Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.