currant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curro, currere, cucurri, cursus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ceston: Ussit amatorem balteus iste Iovem. CCVIII Notarius. Currant verba licet, manus est velocior illis: Nondum lingua suum..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...omnium, suspicari se ait plures stellas esse quae currant, sed nec numerum illarum posuit nec nomina, nondum comprehensis..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...patent, et cum in pastus armenta uagos uilia currant, placet in uulnus maxima ceruix: quidquid in altum Fortuna..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vertice mersit. tutior est requies, solito dum flumina currant limite, dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas.' adnuit Aegides..."