1. dē-cŭtĭo — Lewis & Short
dē-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a.quatio,
I to shake off, strike or beat off, cast off (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Caes. or Cic.).
I Lit.:
decussa Cydonia ramo,Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 27:
lilia,Ov. F. 2, 707:
summa papaverum capita baculo,Liv. 1, 54:
olivas,Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 11:
mella foliis,Verg. G. 1, 131: honorem (poet. for frondem) silvis, id. ib. 2, 404:
rorem,id. ib. 4, 12:
uncum mento fixum,Prop. 4, 1, 141 (5, 1, 141 M.):
Victoria fulmine icta decussaque,struck down, Liv. 26, 23; cf. id. 25, 7:
pinnas muri,id. 40, 45; 44, 8; cf.:
partem muri arietibus,id. 32, 17:
muros ariete,id. 33, 17:
nidos avium sagittis,Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97: collem decusso Labieni praesidio celeriter occupaverunt, dislodged, Auct. B. Afr. 50 fin.; cf.:
decussus Capitolio,Val. Max. 1, 4, 2.—In comic lang.:
ex armario argenti tantum, quantum, etc.,to shake out, Plaut. Epid. 2, 3, 4.—
II Trop.: cetera aetate jam sunt decussa, shaken off, thrown aside, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1 (al. decursa):
ad id non accedes, ex quo tibi aliquid decuti doles,wrested, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18 8 fin.