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1 decursus
1.dēcursus, a, um, Part., from decurro.2.dēcursus, ūs, m. [decurro], a running down, downward course, descent; declivity (class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.montibus ex altis magnus decursus aquaï,
Lucr. 1, 284; 5, 264; 944; Ov. M. 15, 266:rapidus (amnium),
Verg. A. 12, 523: navium, Frontin. Strat. 1, 5, 6: planitiei, descent, inclination, Auct. B. Hisp. 29;hence concr.,
a descending aqueduct, Vitr. 8, 7:secus decursus aquarum,
Vulg. Psa. 1, 3. —In partic.1.Milit. t. t., a manœuvring, evolution, hostile attack, Liv. 1, 27; 42, 52; Tac. A. 2, 55; 12, 55; Frontin. Strat. 2, 2, 2 al.—b.Transf., a running in armor, peridromê, on the occasion of a festival, Liv. 40, 9; Pers. 6, 61; Gell. 7, 3, 52; cf. decurro and decursio.—2.The completion, end of a course:II.destitit ante decursum, neque eo secius coronatus est,
Suet. Ner. 24.—Trop.A.In gen., a course:B.facilior erit mihi quasi decursus mei temporis,
a course, career, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2:si forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset,
i. e. after administering every grade of office, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1.—Rhetor. t. t., the rhythmical movement of a verse, Quint. 9, 4, 115; 11, 2, 25.
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