concussus

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	concussus	concussa	concussum		concussī	concussae	concussa
genitive	concussī	concussae	concussī		concussōrum	concussārum	concussōrum
dative	concussō	concussae	concussō		concussīs
accusative	concussum	concussam	concussum		concussōs	concussās	concussa
ablative	concussō	concussā	concussō		concussīs
vocative	concusse	concussa	concussum		concussī	concussae	concussa

Derived terms

• inconcussus

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.