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excursĭo , ōnis, f. excurro,
I.a running out or forth.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “status (oratoris) erectus et celsus: excursio moderata eaque rara,” a stepping forwards, Cic. Or. 18, 59; so, “nec vultu nec manu nec excursionibus nimius,” Quint. 1, 11, 3: “an intentione rei familiaris obeundae crebris excursionibus avocaris?” excursions, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2: “longinquae aut breves,” Dig. 33, 1, 13 fin.—
B. In partic., milit. t. t., a sally, onset, attack; an excursion, inroad, invasion: “crebras ex oppido excursiones faciebant,” Caes. B. G. 2, 30, 1: “copiae, quibus fines suos ab excursionibus hostium et latrociniis tueretur,” Cic. Deiot. 8, 22: “equitatus,” id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16: “via excursionibus barbarorum infesta,” id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4; cf.: “oram maris infestam regiae naves excursionibus crebris faciebant,” Liv. 37, 14, 3; 30, 11, 6; 30, 8, 4; 37, 38, 9 al.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: relinquendae erunt vacuae tabellae, in quibus libera adiciendo sit excursio. free room or play for insertions, Quint. 10, 3, 32: “ne qua ex ea narratione fiat excursio,” digression, id. 4, 2, 103.—
B. In partic. (acc. to I. B.), outset, commencement of a speech: “sed haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio,” Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26: “prooemium, proxima huic narratio: propositio post hanc, vel ut quibusdam placuit, excursio,” Quint. 2, 13, 1.
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 (13):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.30.1
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 8.22
    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 2.4
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.3.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 11.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 8.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 14.3
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 11.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 13.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.103
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 3.32
    • Cicero, Orator, 18.59
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