percursĭo, ōnis, f. [percurro], a running through or over; trop.,
I A rapid or hasty thinking over a thing: propter animi multarum rerum brevi tempore percursionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31.—
II Rhet., a rapid or hasty passing over a subject: huic (commorationi) contraria saepe percursio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202.