quassatio

Latin

Etymology

From quassō (“shake repeatedly or violently”) +‎ -tiō, from quatiō (“shake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷasˈsaː.ti.oː/, [kʷäs̠ˈs̠äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwasˈsat.t͡si.o/, [kwäsˈsät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

quassātiō f (genitive quassātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of shaking.
2. An affliction, disturbance.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quassātiō	quassātiōnēs
Genitive	quassātiōnis	quassātiōnum
Dative	quassātiōnī	quassātiōnibus
Accusative	quassātiōnem	quassātiōnēs
Ablative	quassātiōne	quassātiōnibus
Vocative	quassātiō	quassātiōnēs

Related terms

• quassō
• quatiō

Descendants

• English: quassation

References

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