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discursus , ūs, m. discurro.
I. A running to and fro, a running about (mostly post-class.): “magno clamore discursuque passim fugae se mandant,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 29, 2; Liv. 25, 25; Quint. 1, 12, 10; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 7; Ov. F. 2, 223; Juv. 1, 86; Val. Fl. 5, 428 al.—
B. Transf.
1. A pace, gait: “acri discursu,” Amm. 14, 7, 16. —
2. Of inanimate things: “radicum,” Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144: “venarum,” id. 34, 12, 29, § 118: “macularum,” id. 16, 15, 26, § 66: “telorum,” Val. Max. 3, 1, 1.—
II. In late Lat. (acc. to discurro, III.), a conversation, discourse: redempti, Cod. Th. 9, 24, 1 (cf. It. discorso, Fr. discours).
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 (8):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 8.29.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.66
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.9.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 25
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.428
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 12.10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.1.1
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