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curro , cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. kindr. with celer, coruscus,
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.
(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.—
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.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (42):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.15.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.3.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.45.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.23.3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.8.19
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.92
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.17.44
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.597
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.844
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.203
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 3.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.524
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.66
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.903
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.296
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.191
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.250
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.30
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.113
    • Horace, Satires, 1.10.1
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.91
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 22
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.44
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.692
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1063
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.682
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.108
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.84
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.8.1
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.7.15
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.28
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.26
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 4.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.139
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.50
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.9
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.20
    • Statius, Thebias, 2
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 5.1
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