inroad

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entering, going in / inroad, movement.

excursĭo, ōnis, f. [excurro], a running out or forth.

Lit.

In gen.:

status (oratoris) erectus et celsus: excursio moderata eaque rara,

a stepping forwards, Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

nec vultu nec manu nec excursionibus nimius,

Quint. 1, 11, 3:

an intentione rei familiaris obeundae crebris excursionibus avocaris?

excursions, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2:

longinquae aut breves,

Dig. 33, 1, 13 fin. —

In partic., milit. t. t., a sally, onset, attack; an excursion, inroad, invasion:

crebras ex oppido excursiones faciebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30, 1:

copiae, quibus fines suos ab excursionibus hostium et latrociniis tueretur,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

equitatus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

via excursionibus barbarorum infesta,

id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4; cf.:

oram maris infestam regiae naves excursionibus crebris faciebant,

Liv. 37, 14, 3; 30, 11, 6; 30, 8, 4; 37, 38, 9 al.—

Trop.

In gen.: relinquendae erunt vacuae tabellae, in quibus libera adiciendo sit excursio. free room or play for insertions, Quint. 10, 3, 32:

ne qua ex ea narratione fiat excursio,

digression, id. 4, 2, 103.—

In partic. (acc. to I. B.), outset, commencement of a speech:

sed haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

prooemium, proxima huic narratio: propositio post hanc, vel ut quibusdam placuit, excursio,

Quint. 2, 13, 1.

excursus, a, um, Part., from excurro.

excursus, ūs, m. [excurro], a running out or forth (rare; not in Cic.; cf. excursio).

Lit.:

excursusque breves tentant (apes),

excursions, Verg. G. 4, 194:

avium,

Sol. 20, 3; cf.

the outflow of water,

Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 8.—

In partic., in milit. lang. (like excursio, I. B.), a sally, charge, onset, attack; an inroad, invasion: excursus militum, * Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

rari,

Tac. G. 30:

subiti,

id. Agr. 20: navigiorum, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 2.—

Transf., of localities, a projecting, projection:

promontorium vasto excursu,

Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6:

ad Pyrenaei montis excursum,

id. 4, 17, 31, § 105.—

Trop., a digression in speaking:

hae (egressiones) per totam causam varios habent excursus, ut laus hominum locorumque, etc.,

Quint. 4, 3, 12;

opp. opus ipsum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43.

impressĭo ( inpr-), ōnis, f. [imprimo], a pressing into, an impressing, impression (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

materiam signari impressione formarum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 4: signaculi, Schol. Juv. 1, 68:

nummorum,

stamping, coining, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 25.—

In partic.

An irruption, inroad, onset, assault, attack:

non judicio neque disceptatione, sed vi atque impressione (aliquem) evertere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8; id. Fl. 34, 85:

hostes arbitrati occasionem se habere victoriae impressionem facere coeperunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4. 1; cf.:

ut omni multitudine in fines Suessionum facerent impressionem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6, 2; Liv. 4, 28, 6; 8, 9, 3; 25, 37, 13.—

A pressure, rough or violent handling:

omnis impressio et tumentia provocat et dolorem geminat,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 92.—

A squeezing, pressure of a multitude, Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 30 Mai. —

Trop.

Of speech, a division:

si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis et vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus,

divisions of time, beats, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185.—

Transf., a marked expression, emphasis:

in lingua explanata vocum impressio,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—

The impression on the mind made by phenomena:

cum visa in animis imprimantur, non vos id dicere, inter ipsas impressiones nihil interesse, sed inter species et quasdam formas eorum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58.

in-curro, curri and cŭcurri (incurri, Cic. Or. 67, 224; Liv. 1, 37, 3; 9, 21, 3; Curt. 4, 5, 19; Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 1 saep.:

incucurri,

Liv. 27, 18, 19; Sen. Ep. 96, 1 al.), cursum, ĕre, v. n. and a. [in-curro], to run into or towards, run upon, fall in with, to rush at, assail, attack (class.).

Lit.

With in:

incurristi amens in columnas,

Cic. Or. 67, 224:

in domum,

id. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.

fig.: mihi videtur praetorius candidatus in consularem quasi desultorius in quadrigarum curriculum incurrere,

to run into, id. Mur. 27, 57:

in aliquem,

id. Planc. 7, 17:

in hostem,

Flor. 1, 9, 7.—

With dat.:

armentis incurrere fortibus,

Ov. M. 7, 546:

proeliantibus Romanis,

to rush upon, Tac. A. 2, 16:

levi armaturae hostium,

Liv. 22, 17, 6:

peditum signa cornibus incurrerunt,

id. 28, 15, 3:

Mauris,

Sall. J. 101, 8.—

With a simple acc.:

atque eos a tergo incurrerunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Rufin. de Schem. Lex.: tota vi novissimos,

to attack, Tac. A. 1, 51.—

Milit., to make an inroad or irruption, to invade:

in Macedoniam,

Liv. 36, 25, 7:

in agrum suum,

id. 29, 5, 6:

in provincias,

Flor. 3, 4, 1.—

Transf., to border on:

agri, qui in publicum Campanum incurrebant,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

Trop.

In gen.:

in oculos incurrentes,

meeting the sight, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5:

id quod oculis incurrit,

Sen. Ben. 1, 5:

non solum in oculos, sed etiam in voculas malevolorum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2: ordinem sequens in memoriam notam et aequalem necessario incurro, I am led to, etc., id. Brut. 69, 244: in maximam fraudem, to fall into, id. [p. 931] Off. 3, 13, 55:

quaestus in odia hominum,

id. ib. 1, 42, 150:

in magnam aliquam difficultatem,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

labor in varias reprehensiones,

id. Fin. 1, 1:

in morbos, in damna, in dedecora,

id. ib. 14, 47:

in alterum genus injustitiae,

id. Off. 1, 9, 29:

in memoriam notam et aequalem,

id. Brut. 69, 244:

in memoriam communium miseriarum,

id. ib. 71, 251. —

With acc. (post-class.), to incur:

crimen loquacitatis,

Lact. 2, 7 fin.; cf. pass.:

incursus angor,

Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —

Esp.

To run against, strike against, offend:

si jactor in turba, accuso... eum qui in me incurrit atque incidit,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

ut in eum non invasisse, sed incurrisse videamur,

id. Sest. 6, 14.— Absol.:

quis est tam lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2. — With acc.:

venantium agmen,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 9, 6.—

To commit a fault (only postclass.):

nihil vitii mulier incurrit,

Dig. 24, 1, 13:

aliquid,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 12.—

To rush upon, assault carnally:

si nihil est, servis incurritur,

Juv. 6, 331:

sororem,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 6.—

Of events, to befall, happen, occur to:

casus, qui in sapientem potest incurrere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

in ipsos etesias,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2: tua lêpsis in quem diem incurrit, nescio, id. Att. 7, 7, 3:

natalis plebeiis incurrens Circensibus,

Suet. Tib. 26:

disputatio, in quam non aliquis locus incurrat,

Cic. Top. 21, 79.

incursĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a running against, onset, assault, attack (class.).

In gen.:

atomorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

atque impetus armatorum,

id. Caecin. 15, 44; Quint. 6, 4, 14 Spald. N. cr. —

In partic., a hostile inroad, incursion:

hostiliter in fines Romanos incursionem facit,

Liv. 1, 11, 1:

prohibere hostem ab incursionibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10 fin.:

subitas hostium incursiones sustinere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11 fin.:

moliri incursionem,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 146.

ingressus, ūs, m. [id.], a going into, entering, an entrance.

Lit.:

Antonii in castra,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

turba ad ingressum tuum te consalutavit,

Plin. Pan. 5, 4; 22 fin.:

haec in ipso ingressu meo (sc. in provinciam) scripsi,

Plin. Ep. ad Traj. 17, 4.— Esp.

A hostile entrance, inroad:

ingressus hostiles,

Tac. A. 15, 3.—

A going, walking, gait:

ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

prohiberi ingressu,

were prevented from moving, could not stir a step, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; cf.:

instabilemque ingressum praebere,

Liv. 24, 34, 15; so,

praebere ingressum,

Front. Stat. 3, 7, 4:

quaedam terrae ad ingressus tremunt,

Plin. 2, 94, 96, § 209:

celsior,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 51. —

Transf., the way into a place, entrance, passage:

trini ingressus,

Prud. Psych. 843; cf.:

vulgus quod Horatius arcet ingressu,

Aus. Edyll. 6 ep. —

Trop., an entering upon any thing, beginning, commencement:

in ingressu,

Quint. 9, 4, 72:

in ingressu (causae) ac fine,

id. 8 prooem. §

7: in ingresssu operis,

id. 10, 1, 48:

ingressus capere,

Verg. G. 4, 316:

Cannensis pugnae temerarius ingressus,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 2.

impressĭo ( inpr-), ōnis, f. [imprimo], a pressing into, an impressing, impression (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

materiam signari impressione formarum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 4: signaculi, Schol. Juv. 1, 68:

nummorum,

stamping, coining, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 25.—

In partic.

An irruption, inroad, onset, assault, attack:

non judicio neque disceptatione, sed vi atque impressione (aliquem) evertere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8; id. Fl. 34, 85:

hostes arbitrati occasionem se habere victoriae impressionem facere coeperunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4. 1; cf.:

ut omni multitudine in fines Suessionum facerent impressionem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6, 2; Liv. 4, 28, 6; 8, 9, 3; 25, 37, 13.—

A pressure, rough or violent handling:

omnis impressio et tumentia provocat et dolorem geminat,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 92.—

A squeezing, pressure of a multitude, Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 30 Mai. —

Trop.

Of speech, a division:

si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis et vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus,

divisions of time, beats, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185.—

Transf., a marked expression, emphasis:

in lingua explanata vocum impressio,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—

The impression on the mind made by phenomena:

cum visa in animis imprimantur, non vos id dicere, inter ipsas impressiones nihil interesse, sed inter species et quasdam formas eorum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58.