cursum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cursus, cursus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel);; course/direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage/passage; race; career; series;; lesson;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sacris hereditatem sum aptus effertissimam. nunc ad senem cursum capessam hunc Hegionem, cui boni tantum affero quantum ipsus..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...tibi: num mirum aut novomst revocari, cursum quom institeris? {An.} Geta. {Ge.} pergit hercle. numquam tu odio..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pars magna senatus. 40tollite signa, duces, fatorum inpellite cursum,spem uestram praestate deis, fortunaque tantosdet uobis animos quantos..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ipsostrata metu tenuit flagrantis in omnia belli 390praecipitem cursum, raptisque a Caesare cunctisuincitur una mora. quantum est quod..."Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...tenet Athenis proficiscentibus. Miltiades morandi tempus non habens cursum direxit, e quo tendebat, pervenitque Chersonesum. Ibi brevi tempore..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...unum cuncta ferantur, omnia coniciens in eum volventia cursum. Forsitan ex ipso veniens trahat aeëre quaedam corpora, quae..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...terrisque propinquat, tanto posse minus cum signis tendere cursum. flaccidiore etiam quanto iam turbine fertur inferior quam..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...filia. sed quis hic est qui recta platea cursum huc contendit suom? et illud paveo et hoc formido..."