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|lshtext=<b>ex-cŭtĭo</b>: cussi, cussum, 3 (archaic<br /><b>I</b> perf. subj. excussit, for excusserit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16), v. a. [[quatio]], to [[shake]] [[out]] or [[off]], to [[cast]] [[out]], [[drive]] [[out]], to [[send]] [[forth]] ([[class]]., esp. in the trop. [[sense]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: posse ex his (litteris) in terram excussis annales Ennii, ut [[deinceps]] legi possint, effici, shaken [[out]], Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 94: [[equus]] excussit equitem, threw [[off]], Liv. 8, 7, 10: [[excussus]] equo, Verg. A. 11, 640: [[excussus]] curru, id. ib. 10, 590; Suet. Caes. 37; Curt. 3, 11; cf.: lectis excussit utrumque, Hor. S. 2, 6, 112: gubernatorem in [[mare]] e puppi, Curt. 4, 4 med.; cf. also: [[ancora]] ictu ipso excussa e [[nave]] sua, Liv. 37, 30, 9: lapide clavum, to [[knock]] [[off]], Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 10: [[pulvis]] digitis excutiendus erit, Ov. A. A. 1, 150: [[poculum]] e manibus, Pers. 3, 101: ignem de crinibus, to [[shake]] [[off]], Ov. M. 12, 281: rem de manu alicujus, to [[strike]] [[out]], Dig. 47, 2, 53, § 13: [[Pelion]] subjectā Ossā ([[Juppiter]]), Ov. M. 1, 155: poma venti, to [[cast]] [[down]], [[shake]] [[down]], id. ib. 14, 764 et saep.: ne nucifrangibula (i. e. dentes) excussit ex malis meis, to [[knock]] [[out]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16; cf.: [[cerebrum]] alicui, id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; id. Aul. 2, 1, 29: oculum alicui cyatho, verberibus, id. Pers. 5, 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 53; cf.: [[oculo]] excusso, id. Caes. 68: ipso cum domino calce omnes excutiamus, to [[drive]] [[out]] or [[forth]], Lucil. ap. Non. 298, 33: Teucros [[vallo]], Verg. A. 9, 68: hostem oppidis et regionibus, Flor. 2, 6, 42: ab obsidione Nolae urbis ([[with]] pellere a [[Campania]]), id. ib. 29: feras cubilibus, to [[scare]], [[rouse]] up, Plin. [[Pan]]. 81, 1: si flava excutitur Chloë, be shaken [[off]], [[cast]] [[off]], Hor. C. 3, 9, 19: (viros) excussos patriā infesta sequi, Verg. A. 7, 299: ut me excutiam [[atque]] egrediar [[domo]], [[take]] [[myself]] [[off]], [[decamp]], Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 20: quartanas, to [[drive]] [[away]], Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56 et saep.: (leo) gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros, [[shaking]] [[about]], [[shaking]], Verg. A. 12, 7; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 71: caesariem, Ov. M. 4, 492: pennas, id. ib. 6, 703: habenas, id. ib. 5, 404; cf.: [[nares]] inflare et movere ... et [[pulso]] [[subito]] spiritu excutere, etc., to [[blow]] up, [[dilate]], Quint. 11, 3, 80: se (gallinae edito ovo), Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116: [[tela]], to [[hurl]], [[discharge]], Tac. A. 2, 20; cf. Curt. 8, 13: [[fulmen]] in Thebas, Stat. Th. 10, 69: excussaque brachia jacto, tossed, Ov. M. 5, 596; id. H. 18, 189: (aër) Excussit calidum flammis velocibus ignem, sends [[out]], produces, Lucr. 6, 688; cf. id. 6, 161: largum imbrem (procellae), Curt. 4, 7: lacrimas alicui, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15: vomitum alicui, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 15: sudorem, Nep. Eum. 5 et saep.—Transf.: excutior somno, I am roused from [[sleep]], Verg. A. 2, 302; Ov. H. 13, 111; Hor. S. 2, 6, 112.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[shake]] [[out]], [[shake]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. a [[garment]], to [[free]] it from [[dust]]: vexatam [[solo]] vestem, Petr. 128, 4; Vulg. Act. 18, 6; cf.: excutere de pulvere, [[shake]] [[yourself]], Vulg. Isa. 52, 2; and: pulverem de pedibus, id. Matt. 10, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[stir]], [[move]] [[any]] [[thing]] to see under it; and [[hence]], to [[search]], [[examine]] a [[person]]: St. Di me perdant, si ego tui [[quicquam]] abstuli. Eu. Agedum, excutedum [[pallium]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 19; so, culcitisque et stragulis praetentatis et excussis, Suet. Claud. 35.—With [[personal]] objects: excutiuntur tabellarii, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; cf.: [[verum]] (porcellum) ut subesse pallio contenderent Et excuti juberent, Phaedr. 5, 5, 19: non [[excutio]] te, si [[quid]] [[forte]] ferri habuisti: non [[scrutor]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[shake]] [[out]] or [[off]], [[force]] [[away]], etc.: omnes istorum delicias, omnes ineptias, to [[shake]] [[off]], [[discard]], Cic. Cael. 28, 67: noli aculeos orationis meae, qui reconditi sunt, excussos arbitrari, plucked [[out]], removed, id. Sull. 16, 47: omnia ista nobis studia de manibus excutiuntur, are [[torn]], wrested from [[our]] hands, id. Mur. 14, 30; cf.: hanc excutere opinionem mihimet volui [[radicitus]], id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: severitatem veterem, id. Fam. 9, 10, 2; cf. also: excutient [[tibi]] istam verborum jactationem, id. Sull. 8, 24: excute corde metum, [[remove]], [[banish]], Ov. M. 3, 689: diros amores, id. ib. 10, 426: orbem paci excutere, to [[banish]] [[peace]] from the [[world]], Luc. 1, 69: [[omnis]] quae erat conceptae mentis [[intentio]] [[mora]] et [[interdum]] [[iracundia]] excutitur, Quint. 10, 3, 20: quem (Senecam) non [[equidem]] [[omnino]] conabar excutere, id. 10, 1, 126: aliena negotia [[curo]], [[excussus]] propriis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 20: [[dummodo]] risum excutiat sibi, can [[raise]], [[produce]], id. ib. 1, 4, 35. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to [[search]], [[examine]], [[inspect]], [[investigate]]: explicando excutiendoque verbo, Cic. Part. Or. 36, 134; cf.: pervulgata [[atque]] in manibus jactata et excussa, qs. shaken [[out]], i. e. examined, id. Mur. 12. 26: illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur [[quid]] [[sit]] carere, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: quae [[fere]] omnia [[Cicero]] in crimine veneficii excutit, Quint. 5, 7, 37; 12, 8, 13: totum locum, id. 5, 7, 6: aut conjecturā excutiuntur, an vera sint, etc., id. 5, 13, 19 et saep.— Hence, [[excussus]], a, um, P. a., stretched [[out]], extended, [[stiff]] ([[post]]-Aug. and [[rare]]): [[interest]], [[utrum]] [[tela]] excusso lacerto torqueantur, an [[remissa]] manu effluant, Sen. Ben. 2, 6; so, lacerto, Ov. H. 4, 43: [[palma]] excussissima, Petr. 95.—Adv.: excussē, [[strongly]], [[violently]]: mittere pilam ([[with]] [[rigide]], opp. languidius), Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.

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