I.to run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings: “si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,” Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: “propere,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56: “per vias,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24: “per totum conclave pavidi,” Hor. S. 2, 6, 113: “circum loculos,” id. ib. 2, 3, 147: “subsidio,” Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17.al.: “in nostros toros,” id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.: “ad villam praecipitanter,” Lucr. 3, 1063: “per omne mare nautae,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 30: “trans mare,” id. Ep. 1, 11, 27: “extremos ad Indos mercator,” id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.: “injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),” id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.: “sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,” his former strength, Verg. A. 12, 903: “ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,” Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance: “uno die MCCCV. stadia,” Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf. “in a figure: eosdem cursus,” Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. β infra.—Poet., of flight: “medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,” Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.: “quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?” Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Impers.: “ad me curritur,” Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: “curritur ad praetorium,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: “quo curratur celeriter,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al.—
(β).
Rarely with the homogeneous objects iter, stadium, campus, etc.: “qui stadium currit,” who runs a race, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: “currimus aequor,” Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence pass.: unde et campus curritur et mare navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—
b. Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45: “facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem,” id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf. “ellipt.: quod me hortaris ... currentem tu quidem,” Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so, “currentem hortari,” id. ib. 5, 9, 1; “6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere,” Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1: “asellum currere doceas,” i. e. you labor to no purpose, Hor. S. 1, 1, 91: “per flammam,” to go through fire, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—
B. Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.): “sol currens,” Lucr. 5, 682; “of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,” Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597; “Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,” Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10: “quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,” Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98: “rubor per ora,” Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.: “linea per medium,” Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: “limes per agrum,” id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§ “243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,” id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: “varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,” Verg. A. 11, 296: “carmina dulci modulatione currentia,” Lact. 5, 1, 10; “of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,” Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—
II. Trop.: “non quo multa parum communis littera currat,” not but that they have many letters in common, Lucr. 2, 692: “proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,” runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: “historia currere debet ac ferri,” Quint. 9, 4, 18: “cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,” id. 9, 4, 139: “numeri,” id. 9, 4, 31; cf. “rhythmi,” id. 9, 4, 50: “versus incomposito pede,” Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: “sententia,” id. ib. 1, 10, 9: “currit ferox Aetas,” flies away, passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—
B. With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra): “eosdem cursus currere,” to adopt the same policy, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44: “talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,” Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).
