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quatio.

to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkʷa.ti.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷat.t͡si.o]
  1. to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
  2. to wield, brandish

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
  3. to move, touch, excite, affect

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
  4. to vex, harass

    conjugation-3 · no-perfect
Where this word comes from

Disputed. Within Italic, the term has been connected to Volscian arpatitu. The LIV opts to derive the Latin term from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti, itself from a root of the shape *(s)kweh₁t-, whence also Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”), Old Norse skynda, and Lithuanian kusti. According to this theory, the *a is by analogy with faciō. De Vaan, however, argues that the number of formal difficulties complicating an etymological relationship between the Latin and Greek term could imply a substrate root of the shape *kwat- (“to shake, strew”). Even if just the Germanic, Balto-Slavic, and Italic forms are considered, De Vaan suggests only a root of the shape Proto-Indo-European *(s)kwot-, which he considers to possibly be non-Indo-European.

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