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dēcursus , ūs, m. decurro,
I.a running down, downward course, descent; declivity (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “montibus ex altis magnus decursus aquaï,” Lucr. 1, 284; 5, 264; 944; Ov. M. 15, 266: “rapidus (amnium),” Verg. A. 12, 523: navium, Frontin. Strat. 1, 5, 6: planitiei, descent, inclination, Auct. B. Hisp. 29; “hence concr.,” a descending aqueduct, Vitr. 8, 7: “secus decursus aquarum,” Vulg. Psa. 1, 3. —
B. In partic.
1. Milit. t. t., a manœuvring, evolution, hostile attack, Liv. 1, 27; 42, 52; Tac. A. 2, 55; 12, 55; Frontin. Strat. 2, 2, 2 al.—
b. Transf., a running in armor, περιδρομή, on the occasion of a festival, Liv. 40, 9; Pers. 6, 61; Gell. 7, 3, 52; cf. decurro and decursio.—
2. The completion, end of a course: “destitit ante decursum, neque eo secius coronatus est,” Suet. Ner. 24.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., a course: “facilior erit mihi quasi decursus mei temporis,” a course, career, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2: “si forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset,” i. e. after administering every grade of office, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1.—
B. Rhetor. t. t., the rhythmical movement of a verse, Quint. 9, 4, 115; 11, 2, 25.
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 (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.2.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.266
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.523
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 1.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.55
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.284
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.944
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.264
    • Suetonius, Nero, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 9
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.115
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.25
    • Persius, Saturae, 6
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