cursus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cursus ūs, m

1 CEL-, a running, course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey : cursum quom institeris, T.: navium, Cs.: ingressus, cursus, accubitio: cursu cum aequalibus certare, S.: cursu contingere metam, H.: se cursu miratur in ipso, O.: quique pedum cursu valet, V.: huc magno cursu intenderunt, at full speed , Cs.: cursu Troas agebat, V.: cursu in hostem feruntur, advance at a run , L.: cursum in medios dedit, rushed , V.: effuso cursu, L.: eodem cursu contendere, right onward , Cs.: tam brevi tempore tantos cursūs conficere: cursum direxit, quo tendebat, N.: iterare cursūs relictos, H.: Hunc morem cursūs docuit, sort of race , V.: Cursibus decernere, in racing , V.: Quo cursu deserta petiverit, flight , V.: in hoc medio cursu, i. e. half-way across , Cs.: secundissimo vento cursum tenere.—Of things, a course, way, flow : stellarum: mutata suos flumina cursūs, movement , V.: Cursibus obliquis fluens, O.— A passage : cursum exspectare, i. e. a fair wind .—Poet.: et vi cursus in altum Vela vocet, V.—Fig., a course, progress, direction, way, passage, access, succession : rerum: vitae: quem dederat cursum fortuna, V.: temporum: continuus proeliorum, Ta.: vocis per omnīs sonos: invectus contexere cursu, i. e. in a breath , Iu.: In cursu meus dolor est, i. e. is permanent , O.: recto depellere cursu, from virtue , H.

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