curso

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

curso, āre, v. freq. n. [curro],

I to run hither and thither, to and fro (rare but class.): ultro et citro, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 60: huc illuc, id. Att. 9, 9, 2; Tac. A. 15, 50; id. H. 5, 20: ad aliquem, Ter. Eun. 287 Bentl. N. cr. : per foros, Cic. Sen. 6, 17: per urbem, Tac. A. 2, 82: in omnes vias, Val. Fl. 4, 108.— Impers. : cursari rursum prorsum, Ter. Hec. 315.—

II Act. (late Lat.), to run over, traverse : nunc jam compactis cursanda syllaba est formis, Mart. Cap. poët. 3, § 262. (In Tac. Agr. 1 fin. , instead of ni cursaturus, the right reading is incusaturus; Halm, Ritter, v. Orell. ad h. l.)

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