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Lewis Short
(verb) : curro, cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, kindr. with celer, coruscus
* To run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
* Lit.
* Of living beings: si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: propere,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56: per vias,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24: per totum conclave pavidi,Hor. S. 2, 6, 113: circum loculos,id. ib. 2, 3, 147: subsidio,Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17.al.: in nostros toros,id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.: ad villam praecipitanter,Lucr. 3, 1063: per omne mare nautae,Hor. S. 1, 1, 30: trans mare,id. Ep. 1, 11, 27: extremos ad Indos mercator,id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.: injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.: sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,his former strength,Verg. A. 12, 903: ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance: uno die MCCCV. stadia,Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf. in a figure: eosdem cursus,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. β infra.—Poet., of flight: medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.: quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Impers.: ad me curritur,Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: curritur ad praetorium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: quo curratur celeriter,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al.
* Trop.: non quo multa parum communis littera currat,not but that they have many letters in common,Lucr. 2, 692: proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,runs,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: historia currere debet ac ferri,Quint. 9, 4, 18: cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,id. 9, 4, 139: numeri,id. 9, 4, 31; cf. rhythmi,id. 9, 4, 50: versus incomposito pede,Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: sententia,id. ib. 1, 10, 9: currit ferox Aetas,flies away, passes,id. C. 2, 5, 13.
* Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.): sol currens,Lucr. 5, 682; of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597; Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10: quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98: rubor per ora,Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.: linea per medium,Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: limes per agrum,id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§ 243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,Verg. A. 11, 296: carmina dulci modulatione currentia,Lact. 5, 1, 10; of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.
* With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra): eosdem cursus currere,to adopt the same policy,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44: talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).
* To run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
* Lit.
* Of living beings: si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: propere,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56: per vias,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24: per totum conclave pavidi,Hor. S. 2, 6, 113: circum loculos,id. ib. 2, 3, 147: subsidio,Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17.al.: in nostros toros,id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.: ad villam praecipitanter,Lucr. 3, 1063: per omne mare nautae,Hor. S. 1, 1, 30: trans mare,id. Ep. 1, 11, 27: extremos ad Indos mercator,id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.: injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.: sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,his former strength,Verg. A. 12, 903: ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance: uno die MCCCV. stadia,Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf. in a figure: eosdem cursus,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. β infra.—Poet., of flight: medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.: quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Impers.: ad me curritur,Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: curritur ad praetorium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: quo curratur celeriter,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al.
* Trop.: non quo multa parum communis littera currat,not but that they have many letters in common,Lucr. 2, 692: proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,runs,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: historia currere debet ac ferri,Quint. 9, 4, 18: cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,id. 9, 4, 139: numeri,id. 9, 4, 31; cf. rhythmi,id. 9, 4, 50: versus incomposito pede,Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: sententia,id. ib. 1, 10, 9: currit ferox Aetas,flies away, passes,id. C. 2, 5, 13.
* Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.): sol currens,Lucr. 5, 682; of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597; Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10: quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98: rubor per ora,Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.: linea per medium,Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: limes per agrum,id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§ 243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,Verg. A. 11, 296: carmina dulci modulatione currentia,Lact. 5, 1, 10; of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.
* With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra): eosdem cursus currere,to adopt the same policy,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44: talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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