cursus, cursus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cursus | cursus |
| Gen. | cursus | cursuum |
| Dat. | cursui | cursibus |
| Acc. | cursum | cursus |
| Voc. | cursus | cursus |
| Abl. | cursu | cursibus |
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...spumanti carmina lingua murmure continuo, nec dat suspiria cursus uolneris aut minimum patiuntur fata tacere. saepe quidem pestis..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ferro.illuc et Libye Numidas et Creta Cydonasmisit, Ityraeis cursus fuit inde sagittis, 230inde, truces Galli, solitum prodistis..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magno,castraque Caesareo circumdatus aggere mutat:flumina tot cursus illic exorta fatigant, 45illic mersa suos; operumque ut summa..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sanguine turbacernetis nostros iam plebs Romana triumphos.Caesaris an cursus uestrae sentire putatis 335damnum posse fugae? ueluti, si cuncta..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...circumdedit aequor,hoc ferit et taciti praebet miracula cursus, 425quod nec uela ferat nec apertas uerberet undas.tum freta..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...undae; 260at Tigrim subito tellus absorbet hiatuoccultosque tegit cursus rursusque renatumfonte nouo flumen pelagi non abnegat undis.inter Caesareas..."Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...cupide adpetisse aut nunc temere repudiasse dicamini". IV. Cursus igitur hic et sonus rotundae volubilisque sententiae eximie..."Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...litora Niliadsiduo feriunt coguntque resistere fluctu: 245ille mora cursus aduersique obice pontiaestuat in campos. sunt qui spiramina terrisesse..."