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cursito , āre,
I.v. freq. n. [curso], to run about, run hither and thither (rare).
I. In gen.: sursum deorsum, * Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47; cf.: “huc et illuc,” Hor. C. 4, 11, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 107: “modo ad Celsum modo ad Nepotem,” Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 5; Suet. Tib. 38: “excalciatos,” id. Vesp. 10.—
II. In partic.
A. To race, run races: “quomodo Ladas aut Boius cum Sicyoniis cursitarint,” Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4.—
B. Of the motion of atoms: “huc et illuc casu et temere,” Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 115.
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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    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.107
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 38
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 10
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.5.5
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.44
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