decursibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decursus, decursus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
descent; downward course/slope/rush/fall/flow; attack/charge downhill; maneuver;; running race/course; finish; flow (verse); coming to land; watercourse/channel;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...subsidia mota esse; sed non proinde ut in decursibus ludicris aut simulacris proeliorum voluptariis fieri videmus. Non enim..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...serunt diros monitus uolucresque feraeque sideraque auersique suis decursibus amnes, infestumque tonat pater et mala fulgura lucent; terrificaeque..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...intra decora feminis tenebat, .sed exercitio equitum, decursibus cohortium interesse, in Agrippinam, in Germanicum contumelias iacere, quibusdam etiam..."