excursibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excursus, excursus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
running forth, onset, charge, excursion, sally, sudden raid;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...terga premant: sic omnibus alae artantur portis septemque excursibus haerent. Ogygiis it sorte Creon, Eteoclea mittunt Neistae, celsas..."- P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...memoravi, nisi parta retinuerat, at successor Veranius, modicis excursibus Silu[r]as populatus, quin ultra bellum proferret, morte..." - P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...interim apud hostis quietum pati, quo minus subitis excursibus popularetur; atque ubi satis terruerat, parcendo rursus invitamenta pacis..."