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concursĭo , ōnis, f. concurro, II.,
I.a running or meeting together, a concurrence, concourse (several times in Cic.; elsewhere rare).
I. In gen.: “atomorum,” Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 6: “ut (corpora) concursionibus inter se cohaerescant,” id. Fin. 1, 6, 17: “stellarum,” Gell. 14, 1, 29: “crebra vocum,” Cic. Or. 44, 151; cf.: “crebrae vocalium,” Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: “fortuitorum,” Cic. Top. 20, 76.—
II. Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, consisting of an emphatic repetition of the last words of a sentence, Gr. συμπλοκή: “concursio et impetus in eadem verba,” Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (quoted by Quint. 9, 1, 33); cf. Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.54
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.33
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 14.1.29
    • Cicero, Orator, 44.151
    • Cicero, Topica, 20.76
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