LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

quassō

quassō (present infinitive quassāre, perfect active quassāvī, supine quassātum)
Classical[ˈkʷas.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷas.so]

Meaning

  1. to shake repeatedly, to quake
  2. to wave or flourish
  3. to weaken

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.quassōquassābamquassābōquassāvīquassāveramquassāverō
quassārō
2nd sg.quassāsquassābāsquassābisquassāvistī
quassāstī
quassāverās
quassārās
quassāveris
3rd sg.quassatquassābatquassābitquassāvitquassāverat
quassārat
quassāverit
quassārit
1st pl.quassāmusquassābāmusquassābimusquassāvimusquassāverāmusquassāverimus
quassārimus
2nd pl.quassātisquassābātisquassābitisquassāvistis
quassāstis
quassāverātis
quassārātis
quassāveritis
quassāritis
3rd pl.quassantquassābantquassābuntquassāvērunt
quassāvēre, quassārunt
quassāverant
quassārant
quassāverint
quassārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.quassemquassāremquassāverim
quassārim
quassāvissem
quassāssem
2nd sg.quassēsquassārēsquassāverīsquassāvissēs
quassāssēs
3rd sg.quassetquassāretquassāverit
quassārit
quassāvisset
quassāsset
1st pl.quassēmusquassārēmusquassāverīmus
quassārīmus
quassāvissēmus
quassāssēmus
2nd pl.quassētisquassārētisquassāverītis
quassārītis
quassāvissētis
quassāssētis
3rd pl.quassentquassārentquassāverint
quassārint
quassāvissent
quassāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.quassorquassābarquassābor
2nd sg.quassāris
quassāre
quassābāris
quassābāre
quassāberis
quassābere
3rd sg.quassāturquassābāturquassābitur
1st pl.quassāmurquassābāmurquassābimur
2nd pl.quassāminīquassābāminīquassābiminī
3rd pl.quassanturquassābanturquassābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.quasserquassārer
2nd sg.quassēris
quassēre
quassārēris
quassārēre
3rd sg.quassēturquassārētur
1st pl.quassēmurquassārēmur
2nd pl.quassēminīquassārēminī
3rd pl.quassenturquassārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.quassāquassāre
pres. 2nd pl.quassātequassāminī
fut. 2nd sg.quassātōquassātor
fut. 3rd sg.quassātōquassātor
fut. 2nd pl.quassātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.quassantōquassantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivequassārequassārī
perfect infinitivequassāvisse
quassāsse
quassātum esse
future infinitivequassātūrum essequassātum īrī
present participlequassāns—
perfect participle—quassātus
quassāta, quassātā, quassātae, quassātam, quassātārum, quassātās, quassātī, quassātōrum, quassātōs
future participlequassātūrus
quassātūra, quassātūrā, quassātūrae, quassātūram, quassātūrārum, quassātūrās, quassātūre, quassātūrī, quassātūrīs, quassātūrō, quassātūrōrum, quassātūrōs, quassātūrum
quassandus
quassanda, quassandā, quassandae, quassandam, quassandārum, quassandās, quassande, quassandīs, quassandōrum, quassandōs
gerundquassandī, quassandō, quassandumsupinequassātum, quassātū

quasso (old form casso, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71 Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. quatio.
I. Act., to shake or toss violently (class.).
A. Lit.: ecus saepe jubam quassat, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 506 Vahl.): caput, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 15; Verg. A. 7, 292; Val. Fl. 1, 526: Etruscam pinum, Verg. A. 9, 521: hastam, id. ib. 12, 94; Ov. A. A. 1, 696: monumenta, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 5: lampade, of the Furies, Sil. 2, 611; cf. lampada, Verg. A. 6, 587.—Pass., in mid. force, tremble: quassantur membra metu, Sen. Phoen. 530.—
2. In partic.
a. To shatter, shiver, to break or dash to pieces, to batter, make leaky: quassatis vasis, Lucr. 3, 434: quassata ventis classis, Verg. A. 1, 551: quassata domus, Ov. Tr. 2, 83; cf.: hordeum sub molā, App. M. p. 194, 35: harundinem, Petr. S. 134. —
b. To strike or shake: ramum Lethaeo rore madentem super utraque quassat Tempora, Verg. A. 5, 854.—
B. Trop., to shake, shatter, impair, weaken: quassatā re publicā, Cic. Sest. 34, 73; id. Marc. 8, 24: quassatum corpus, shattered, enfeebled, Suet. Aug. 31: ingenia vitia quassant, Sil. 11, 428: tempora quassatus, of a drunkard, fuddled, beclouded, disordered, id. 7, 202; cf.: quassus, B. s. v. quatio: IVVENTAM FLETV, to disfigure, impair, Inscr. Grut. 607, 4: harundo quassata, a bruised reed, Vulg. Matt. 12, 20.—
C. Esp., of countries, communities, etc., to disturb, unsettle, throw into confusion: quassata Placentia bello, Sil. 8, 593: bellis urbs, id. 7, 252.—
II. Neutr., to shake itself, to shake (poet.): cassanti capite incedit, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23 (Ussing, quassanti): quassanti capite, App. M. 4, p. 156, 7; 3, p. 140, 28: siliquā quassante, rattling, Verg. G. 1, 74.— Plur.: capitibus quassantibus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 71.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin quassō From quatiō (“to shake or agitate”) + -tō.

Descendants
  • Catalanqueixar-se
  • Italianquassare
  • Italiansquassare
  • Frenchcasserfrom Old French quasser
  • Englishquashfrom Old French quasser
  • Portuguesequeixarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese queixar
  • Portuguesequeixar-sefrom Old Galician-Portuguese queixar
  • Portuguesecascarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese queixar
  • Spanishquejar
  • Spanishcascar

Quick answers

What does quassō mean in Latin?
quassō, a verb, means “to shake repeatedly, to quake; to wave or flourish; to weaken”.
What are the principal parts of quassō?
quassō, quassāre, quassāvī, quassātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce quassō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷas.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷas.so].