Lewis Short
discursus (noun M) : discurro.
* 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.
* Transf.
* In late Lat. (acc. to discurro, III.), a conversation, discourse: redempti, Cod. Th. 9, 24, 1 (cf. It. discorso, Fr. discours).
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
discursus, a, um, Part., from discurro.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary