rĕ-cŭtĭo, no perf., cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio], to strike back or backwards, to cause to rebound (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aequor penitus, Val. Fl. 5, 167; jugum Christi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 40: horrorem, id. Conf. 8, 11: uteroque recusso Insonuere cavae cavernae, being caused to reverberate, * Verg. A. 2, 52: recussus somno, aroused by shaking, startled, App. M. 5, p. 170, 27; 4, p. 153, 35.