curras
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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...scombris tunicas dabis molestas: si damnauerit, ad salariorum curras scrinia protinus licebit, inuersa pueris arande charta. Infantem secum..."- L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Proinde non est quod ad sepulcrum fili tui curras; pessima eius et ipsi molestissima istic iacent, ossa cineresque..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aura; instruit et natum 'medio' que 'ut limite curras, Icare,' ait 'moneo, ne, si demissior ibis, unda gravet..."