quatio

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kwot-i- (“to shake; to thrive”) (possibly borrowed from a substrate), and cognate with Lithuanian kùsti (“to recover”) and Old High German scutten (“to shake”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”) (AHD), and cognate with Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō), παστός (pastós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.ti.oː/, [ˈkʷät̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwat.t͡si.o/, [ˈkwät̪ː͡s̪io]

Verb

quatiō (present infinitive quatere, supine quassum); third conjugation iō-variant, no perfect stem

1. to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.610–612:

     “‘Neptūnus mūrōs magnōque ēmōta tridentī / fundāmenta quatit, tōtamque ā sēdibus urbem / ēruit; [...].’”

     “‘Neptune, with his giant trident, shakes walls apart from their foundations, and overturns the entire city from its base.’”

2. to wield, brandish
3. to move, touch, excite, affect
4. to vex, harass

Conjugation

Conjugation of quatiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quatiō	quatis	quatit	quatimus	quatitis	quatiunt
	imperfect	quatiēbam	quatiēbās	quatiēbat	quatiēbāmus	quatiēbātis	quatiēbant
	future	quatiam	quatiēs	quatiet	quatiēmus	quatiētis	quatient
passive	present	quatior	quateris, quatere	quatitur	quatimur	quatiminī	quatiuntur
	imperfect	quatiēbar	quatiēbāris, quatiēbāre	quatiēbātur	quatiēbāmur	quatiēbāminī	quatiēbantur
	future	quatiar	quatiēris, quatiēre	quatiētur	quatiēmur	quatiēminī	quatientur
	perfect	quassus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quassus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quassus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quatiam	quatiās	quatiat	quatiāmus	quatiātis	quatiant
	imperfect	quaterem	quaterēs	quateret	quaterēmus	quaterētis	quaterent
passive	present	quatiar	quatiāris, quatiāre	quatiātur	quatiāmur	quatiāminī	quatiantur
	imperfect	quaterer	quaterēris, quaterēre	quaterētur	quaterēmur	quaterēminī	quaterentur
	perfect	quassus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quassus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quate	—	—	quatite	—
	future	—	quatitō	quatitō	—	quatitōte	quatiuntō
passive	present	—	quatere	—	—	quatiminī	—
	future	—	quatitor	quatitor	—	—	quatiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quatere	—	quassūrum esse	quatī	quassum esse	quassum īrī
participles		quatiēns	—	quassūrus	—	quassus	quatiendus, quatiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		quatiendī	quatiendō	quatiendum	quatiendō	quassum	quassū

Derived terms

• concutiō
• dēcutiō
• discutiō
• excutiō
• incutiō
• percutiō
• praecutiō
• quassō
• quassus
• quatefaciō
• recutiō
• succutiō

 

Related terms

• quassābilis
• quassābundus
• quassātiō
• quassātūra

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 632
• “quatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.