trans -curro, curri or cŭcurri (the former, Cic. Brut. 81, 282; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Liv. 40, 40, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 89; Sen. Contr. 1, 6, 10; the latter, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; Suet. Calig. 24; Curt. 6, 3, 16), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.
I To run over or across , to run , go , sail , etc., by or past.
A Lit. cito Transcurre curriculo ad nos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 43 sq.: hinc ad forum, Ter. Eun. 763: praeter oculos, Ov. M. 14, 359; cf.: praeter ora populi, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96.— Absol. : remos transcurrentes detergere, in sailing by , Caes. B. C. 1, 58: haud dubius, sine noxā transcursuros, si nemo se opponeret, Curt. 4, 13, 33; Val. Fl. 4, 615. — Impers. pass. : captis propioribus castris in altera transcursum castra ab Romanis est, Liv. 25, 39, 7: in arcem transcurso opus est tibi, Ter. Hec. 431.—
B Trop.: ne sine delectu temere in dissimilem rem, Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45: hic tamen ad melius poterit transcurrere quondam, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82: in prolem transcurrit gratia patrum, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 51; so, tempus, Petr. 136.— Impers. pass. : praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, Vell. 2, 1, 1.—
2 Of time, to pass by , elapse : patiar ergo aestatem inquietem transcurrere, Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2: cum tempus jam longum transcurreret, Gell. 5, 10, 7.—
II To run , hasten , or pass through , to traverse.
A Lit.: per spatium, Lucr. 4, 192: per geminum tempus (harundo), Sil. 12, 414: cum transcucurrisset Campaniam, Suet. Calig. 24: reliquas trunci partes (umor), Col. 3, 10, 1: (luna) radios solis, id. 2, 10, 10: Hellespontum, Nep. Eum. 3, 3: tot montium juga transcucurrimus, Curt. 6, 3, 16: caelum (nimbus), Verg. A. 9. 111.— In pass. : raptim transcursā primā porticu, Ap. Met. 9, 1, 8; id. Flor. 1, p. 520, 19.—
B Trop.
1 In gen.: suum cursum, to run through , hasten to the end of one’s career , * Cic. Brut. 81, 282. —
2 In partic., to run through or over in speaking, to treat cursorily , touch briefly upon : narrationem, Sen. Contr. 1, 2 med. : partem operis, Quint. 9, 3, 89: in quā (narratione) sciens transcurram subtiles nimium divisiones, pass over , id. 4, 2, 2; 10, 1, 19; 10, 5, 8.