discursio

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

discursĭo, ōnis, f. [discurro],

I a running different ways, scattering (late Lat.): discursiones predatoriae, scattered raids for plunder, foragings , Amm. 15, 4, 11.—

II A hasty passing through : discursione rapidā maturabant, Amm. 31, 9, 2.