Lewis Short
incursus (noun M) : incurro
* A running against, an assault, attack (class.).
* Lit.: ceterorum tela atque incursus refugit,Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: equitum incursus sustinere,Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 4: primo statim incursu,at the first onset,Liv. 2, 25, 4.
* 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.
* Trop., an impulse, effort: incursus animus varios habet, has or entertains different impulses, plans, Ov. M. 9, 152.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
incursus, a, um, Part., from incurro.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary