decursio

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

dēcursĭo, ōnis, f. [decurro], a running or flowing down (less freq. than decursus; not in Cic.).

I In gen.: aquae, Arn. 2, p. 84.—

II In partic., milit. t. t., a manoeuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack , Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 3; Auct. B. Alex. 42.—Hence,

B Transf., a walking or running in complete armor at a solemnity or for exercise, Suet. Calig. 18; id. Galb. 6.