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..."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..."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..."