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..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...movetur; qui de nobis crescit et minor fit. Curris, stupes, satagis, tanquam mus in matella. Ergo aut tace..." - P
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..."