procursus

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

prōcursus, ūs, m. [procurro].

I Lit., a running forth or forwards; esp., in milit. lang., a sallying forth , charge , onset (not in Cic. or Caes.): procursu militum, Liv. 22, 41: faciles sternit procursibus herbas, Stat. Th. 4, 787; Lucr. 2, 455.—

B Transf., a jutting out , projection (post-Aug.): angulosus, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.—

II Trop. (postclass.): initia procursusque virtutis patefacere, the origin and first manifestations , Val. Max. 3, 2 init. : irae, qui acerrimus esse solet, the outbreak , id. 7, 3, ext. 6.

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