quasso

Italian

Verb

quasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of quassare

Latin

Alternative forms

• cassō

Etymology

From quatiō (“I shake or agitate”) +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷas.soː/, [ˈkʷäs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwas.so/, [ˈkwäsːo]

Verb

quassō (present infinitive quassāre, perfect active quassāvī, supine quassātum); first conjugation

1. to shake repeatedly, to quake
2. to wave or flourish
3. to weaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of quassō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quassō	quassās	quassat	quassāmus	quassātis	quassant
	imperfect	quassābam	quassābās	quassābat	quassābāmus	quassābātis	quassābant
	future	quassābō	quassābis	quassābit	quassābimus	quassābitis	quassābunt
	perfect	quassāvī	quassāvistī	quassāvit	quassāvimus	quassāvistis	quassāvērunt, quassāvēre
	pluperfect	quassāveram	quassāverās	quassāverat	quassāverāmus	quassāverātis	quassāverant
	future perfect	quassāverō	quassāveris	quassāverit	quassāverimus	quassāveritis	quassāverint
passive	present	quassor	quassāris, quassāre	quassātur	quassāmur	quassāminī	quassantur
	imperfect	quassābar	quassābāris, quassābāre	quassābātur	quassābāmur	quassābāminī	quassābantur
	future	quassābor	quassāberis, quassābere	quassābitur	quassābimur	quassābiminī	quassābuntur
	perfect	quassātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quassātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quassātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quassem	quassēs	quasset	quassēmus	quassētis	quassent
	imperfect	quassārem	quassārēs	quassāret	quassārēmus	quassārētis	quassārent
	perfect	quassāverim	quassāverīs	quassāverit	quassāverīmus	quassāverītis	quassāverint
	pluperfect	quassāvissem	quassāvissēs	quassāvisset	quassāvissēmus	quassāvissētis	quassāvissent
passive	present	quasser	quassēris, quassēre	quassētur	quassēmur	quassēminī	quassentur
	imperfect	quassārer	quassārēris, quassārēre	quassārētur	quassārēmur	quassārēminī	quassārentur
	perfect	quassātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quassātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quassā	—	—	quassāte	—
	future	—	quassātō	quassātō	—	quassātōte	quassantō
passive	present	—	quassāre	—	—	quassāminī	—
	future	—	quassātor	quassātor	—	—	quassantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quassāre	quassāvisse	quassātūrum esse	quassārī	quassātum esse	quassātum īrī
participles		quassāns	—	quassātūrus	—	quassātus	quassandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		quassandī	quassandō	quassandum	quassandō	quassātum	quassātū

Descendants

• Asturian: quexar
• Catalan: queixar-se
• Italian: quassare, squassare
• Old French: quasser, casser
  • → Middle English: quaschen
    • English: quash
  • French: casser
  • Norman: câsser
• Old Galician-Portuguese: queixar
  • Galician: queixar
  • Portuguese: queixar, queixar-se, cascar
• Sicilian: scassari
• Spanish: quejar, cascar
• Venetian: scuasar

References

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