concussĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a shaking, concussion.
I.
In gen.: vasorum, Col. 9, 14 fin.: assidua facium, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 11: vasta concussio quae duas suppressit urbes, Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 4.—
II.
In jurid. Lat., an extortion of money by means of threats, Dig. 47, 13: de concussione, several times; also Tert. ad Scap. 4 sq.