curris
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. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ante equos omnis aedemque Martis et colosson Augusti curris per omnis tertiasque quintasque. Rape, congere, aufer, posside: relinquendum..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...bracchia tendis, non harpasta uagus puluerulenta rapis, sed curris niueas tantum prope Virginis undas aut ubi Sidonio taurus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...movetur; qui de nobis crescit et minor fit. Curris, stupes, satagis, tanquam mus in matella. Ergo aut tace..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...quis dixit grata voce 'perennis eas'? damnosus pecori curris, damnosior agris. forsitan haec alios; me mea damna movent..."