cursito

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cursito, āre, v. freq. n. [curso], to run about, run hither and thither (rare).

I In gen.: sursum deorsum, * Ter. Eun. 278; cf.: huc et illuc, Hor. C. 4, 11, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 107: modo ad Celsum modo ad Nepotem, Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 5; Suet. Tib. 38: excalciatos, id. Vesp. 10.—

II In partic.

A To race, run races : quomodo Ladas aut Boius cum Sicyoniis cursitarint, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4.—

B Of the motion of atoms: huc et illuc casu et temere, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 115.

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