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incursus , ūs, m. incurro,
I.a running against, an assault, attack (class.).
B. Transf., of inanim. things, a rushing or dashing against (mostly poet.): “undarum,Ov. M. 11, 497; cf. “aquarum,id. ib. 11, 731: “pluviarum,Col. 4, 17: “tempestatum,Quint. 10, 7, 3: “sanguinis,Luc. 7, 700: “solis,of the sunbeams, Col. 1, 6, 22.—
II. Trop., an impulse, effort: incursus animus varios habet, has or entertains different impulses, plans, Ov. M. 9, 152.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 8.18.4
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 8.22
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.152
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.497
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.731
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.71
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.700
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 25.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 7.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.6.22
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.17
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