excursus, excursus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
running forth, onset, charge, excursion, sally, sudden raid;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | excursus | excursus |
| Gen. | excursus | excursuum |
| Dat. | excursui | excursibus |
| Acc. | excursum | excursus |
| Voc. | excursus | excursus |
| Abl. | excursu | excursibus |
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Pellaeis proxima muris.illa duci geminos bellorum praestitit usus.abstulit excursus et fauces aequoris hostiCaesar et auxiliis ut uidit libera..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...fulgor ardorue sit uel stellae similis excursus? [15,2] Ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt similia prosilientibus stellis..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit, utique in illis plures excursus recipientibus magis abundabit eritque in omnis causas gratus: omnes..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...enim tam est consequens quam narrationi probatio, nisi excursus ille vel quasi finis narrationis vel quasi initium probationis..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...invidia.' quamquam haec quoque intra notos decurrunt iuventutis excursus. quid ais? ab incesto libidines coeperunt? hoc primum umquam..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...proelium ire videas, Chattos ad bellum. Rari excursus et fortuita pugna. Equestrium sane virium id proprium, cito parare..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...consectetur et colligat; modum tamen servat. Non enim excursus hic eius, sed opus ipsum est. Similiter..."