ex-curro, cŭcurri (Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12; Liv. 1, 15 et saep.; less freq. curri, Liv. 25, 30), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.
I Neut. , to run out or forth , to hasten forwards.
A Lit.: cum se excucurrisse illuc frustra sciverit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 125: excurrat aliquis, qui hoc tantum mali filio suo nuntiet, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67: mandavi utrique eorum, ut ante ad me excurrerent, ut tibi obviam prodire possem, id. Fam. 3, 7, 4: excurristi a Neapoli, Caes. ap. Prisc. p. 901 P.: dum panes et cetera in navem parantur, excurro in Pompeianum, make an excursion , Cic. Att. 10, 15, 4; so of a long journey: in Graeciam, id. ib. 14, 16, 3; of eagerness in applauding a speaker: proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam non exsurgunt modo, verum etiam excurrunt, Quint. 2, 2, 12: in crucem, to go to destruction , go to the devil , Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12: ad hominem Dei, Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 22.—
b In partic., milit. t. t., to sally forth , to make an excursion or irruption : sine signis omnibus portis, Liv. 29, 34, 11: in fines Romanos excucurrerunt populandi magis quam justi more belli, id. 1, 15, 1 Drak. N. cr. : Carthago excurrere ex Africa videbatur, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: excursurus cum valida manu fuerat, Just. 13, 5.—
2 Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things.
a In gen., to go forth , issue forth : fons ex summo montis cacumine excurrens, Curt. 3, 1, 3; Pall. Nov. 15, 1: nec recisis qui a lateribus excurrant pampinis, shoot forth , Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212: quorum animi spretis corporibus evolant atque excurrunt foras, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114.—
b In partic.
α Of localities, to run out , project , extend : ab intimo sinu paeninsula excurrit, Liv. 26, 42, 8: Sicania tribus excurrit in aequora linguis, Ov. M. 13, 724: promontorium in altum, Liv. 32, 23, 10 Drak.: dorsum montis in Persidem, Curt. 5, 3: promontorium per Creticum mare, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—
β In specifications of measure, to be over and above , to exceed (late Lat.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 435): decem (auri pondo) et quod excurrit, and something over , Dig. 16, 3, 26: viginti et quod excurrit annorum pax, of twenty years and upwards , Veg. Mil. 1, 28. —
B Trop., to run or spread out , to extend , display itself : campus, in quo excurrere virtus posset, Cic. Mur. 8, 18: quid est, cur insistere orationem malint quam cum sententia pariter excurrere? qs. to keep pace with , id. Or. 51, 170: ne oratio excurrat longius, to run out to too great length , be prolix , id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: extra ordinem excurrens tractatio, Quint. 4, 3, 14: paeone dochmioque, quorum prior in quatuor, secundus in quinque (syllabas) excurrit, id. 9, 4, 79: praecoces germinationes, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: in hos quoque studiorum secessus excurrit, qs. makes excursions , Quint. 10, 5, 16: in pericula, Sen. Ben. 2, 34 fin. : quia in hoc tempus excurrit donationis eventus, quo, extends , Dig. 24, 1, 10: quaedam (in periodo) quasi decurtata ... productiora alia et quasi immoderatius excurrentia, running out , stretched out (the figure being taken from places which run out or project, v. above), Cic. Or. 53, 178.—
β To run out , end , terminate , of verses: in quatuor syllabas, Quint. 9, 4, 79.—
II Act. (very rare).
A To run through a place; trop.: prope jam excurso spatio, Ter. Ad. 860; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 210.—
B To pass over , omit something in speaking: a quo multa improbe sed venuste dicta, ne modum excedam, excurro, Sen. Contr. 5, 34 med. , p. 374 Bip.