concussus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of concutiō (shake violently (or together); agitate).

Participle

concussus (feminine concussa, neuter concussum); first/second-declension participle

  1. shaken violently (or together), having been shaken violently
  2. agitated, having been agitated
  3. terrified, alarmed, horrified, horror-struck or horror-stricken, panic-stricken, deeply troubled; having been terrified, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.666:
      Concussam bacchātur Fāma per urbem.
      Rumor runs riot through the horror-stricken city.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: concuss
  • Italian: concusso

References

  • concussus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concussus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concussus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.