discutissemus
Discutissemus is a Latin verb form described in classical grammar as the first-person plural pluperfect subjunctive of discutere, a verb with senses including to discuss, to debate, or to shake apart and examine. In usage, this form serves to mark a hypothetical or counterfactual past action within a subordinate clause, typically in sentences that express doubt, condition, or concession after a past main clause.
Etymology and morphology: The form is built from the verb stem of discutere and follows the standard
Usage and nuance: In Classical Latin, discutissemus would occur in contexts that imply what would have happened
Notes: Discutere, the parent verb, yields a range of senses from literal “to shake apart” to figurative