procursio

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

prōcursĭo, ōnis, f. [procurro], a running forward, stepping forth. *

I Lit., of an orator: procursio opportuna, brevis, moderata, rara, Quint. 11, 3, 126.—*

II Trop., a digression : necessaria post narrationem, Quint. 4, 3, 9.