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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."