currĭcŭlum (noun N) : id.
* A running, course, race.
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly ante-class.): conicere se in curriculum,Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 91; cf.: pedes in curriculum conferre, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 6: facere unum curriculum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 11; cf.: ita celeri curriculo fui propere a portu,id. Stich. 2, 2, 13.
* Meton.
* In partic., a running on a wager, a race: athletae se in curriculo exercentes,Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; id. Mur. 27, 57; Liv. 44, 9; Hor. C. 1, 1, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 36 al.: equorum,Liv. 45, 33, 5.
* A race-ground, course, career. *
* Lit.: solis et lunae, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 198, 29.—Far more freq.
* A race-chariot (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 14, 14; 15, 44 fin.; *Suet. Calig. 19.
* The time of the annual circuit of the sun, a year, Prud. στεφ. 3 (al. 9), 11.
* For a chariot, in gen.: equi turbati in amnem praecipitavere curricula,Curt. 8, 14, 8: Mettum Fufetium equis ad curriculum ex utrāque parte deligatum distraxit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 287, 22.

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