a running through

transcursus, a, um, Part. of transcurro.

transcursus, ūs, m. [transcurro] (post-Aug.).

Lit., a running, darting, or flying through:

fulguris,

a flash of lightning, Suet. Aug. 90:

avibus maximis minimisque per aëra transcursus est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 7, 1.—

Trop., of speech, a running through or over, a brief touching upon, cursory mention:

quanto omnia transcursu dicenda sint,

Vell. 2, 55, 1:

illud etiam in hoc transcursu dicendum est,

id. 2, 99, 4; cf.:

in hoc transcursu tam artati operis,

id. 2, 86, 1; so, in transcursu, cursorily, by the way (cf. obiter), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39; 18, 13, 34, § 126; 19, 8, 44, § 154; Aug. in Psa. 57, 16.

Arbis, is, f., a town in Gedrosia, on the river Arbis, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.

Arbis, is, m., a river rising in Carmania, running through Gedrosia, and emptying into the Persian Gulf, Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109.

percursĭo, ōnis, f. [percurro], a running through or over; trop.,

A rapid or hasty thinking over a thing:

propter animi multarum rerum brevi tempore percursionem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31.—

Rhet., a rapid or hasty passing over a subject:

huic (commorationi) contraria saepe percursio est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202.

discursĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a running different ways, scattering (late Lat.):

discursiones predatoriae,

scattered raids for plunder, foragings, Amm. 15, 4, 11.—

A hasty passing through:

discursione rapidā maturabant,

Amm. 31, 9, 2.

ex-curro, cŭcurri (Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12; Liv. 1, 15 et saep.;

less freq. curri,

Liv. 25, 30), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.

Neut., to run out or forth, to hasten forwards.

Lit.:

cum se excucurrisse illuc frustra sciverit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 125:

excurrat aliquis, qui hoc tantum mali filio suo nuntiet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

mandavi utrique eorum, ut ante ad me excurrerent, ut tibi obviam prodire possem,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 4: excurristi a Neapoli, Caes. ap. Prisc. p. 901 P.:

dum panes et cetera in navem parantur, excurro in Pompeianum,

make an excursion, Cic. Att. 10, 15, 4;

so of a long journey: in Graeciam,

id. ib. 14, 16, 3;

of eagerness in applauding a speaker: proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam non exsurgunt modo, verum etiam excurrunt,

Quint. 2, 2, 12:

in crucem,

to go to destruction, go to the devil, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12:

ad hominem Dei,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 22.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to sally forth, to make an excursion or irruption:

sine signis omnibus portis,

Liv. 29, 34, 11:

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt populandi magis quam justi more belli,

id. 1, 15, 1 Drak. N. cr.:

Carthago excurrere ex Africa videbatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

excursurus cum valida manu fuerat,

Just. 13, 5.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things.

In gen., to go forth, issue forth:

fons ex summo montis cacumine excurrens,

Curt. 3, 1, 3; Pall. Nov. 15, 1:

nec recisis qui a lateribus excurrant pampinis,

shoot forth, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212:

quorum animi spretis corporibus evolant atque excurrunt foras,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114.—

In partic.

Of localities, to run out, project, extend:

ab intimo sinu paeninsula excurrit,

Liv. 26, 42, 8:

Sicania tribus excurrit in aequora linguis,

Ov. M. 13, 724:

promontorium in altum,

Liv. 32, 23, 10 Drak.:

dorsum montis in Persidem,

Curt. 5, 3:

promontorium per Creticum mare,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—

In specifications of measure, to be over and above, to exceed (late Lat.; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 435): decem (auri pondo) et quod excurrit,

and something over, Dig. 16, 3, 26:

viginti et quod excurrit annorum pax,

of twenty years and upwards, Veg. Mil. 1, 28. —

Trop., to run or spread out, to extend, display itself:

campus, in quo excurrere virtus posset,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18: quid est, cur insistere orationem malint quam cum sententia pariter excurrere? qs. to keep pace with, id. Or. 51, 170:

ne oratio excurrat longius,

to run out to too great length, be prolix, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

extra ordinem excurrens tractatio,

Quint. 4, 3, 14:

paeone dochmioque, quorum prior in quatuor, secundus in quinque (syllabas) excurrit,

id. 9, 4, 79:

praecoces germinationes,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: in hos quoque studiorum secessus excurrit, qs. makes excursions, Quint. 10, 5, 16:

in pericula,

Sen. Ben. 2, 34 fin.:

quia in hoc tempus excurrit donationis eventus, quo,

extends, Dig. 24, 1, 10: quaedam (in periodo) quasi decurtata... productiora alia et quasi immoderatius excurrentia, running out, stretched out (the figure being taken from places which run out or project, v. above), Cic. Or. 53, 178.—

To run out, end, terminate, of verses:

in quatuor syllabas,

Quint. 9, 4, 79.—

Act. (very rare).

To run through a place;

trop.: prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 210.—

To pass over, omit something in speaking:

a quo multa improbe sed venuste dicta, ne modum excedam, excurro,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34 med., p. 374 Bip.

rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).

Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157;

and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces,

to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.;

11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2:

caput et supercilia,

to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103:

caput, as a token of slavery,

Liv. 34, 52 fin.;

in mourning,

Suet. Calig. 5;

and in execution of a vow made in times of peril,

Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.):

barbam,

Suet. Aug. 79.— Transf., of the person himself:

ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur,

Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211:

tigna,

to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267:

virgae,

Verg. G. 2, 358; cf.

lapides,

to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83:

parietes,

to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52:

aream,

i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.:

medicam marris ad solum,

to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147:

arva imbribus (Eurus),

to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.:

terras (Aquilo),

id. S. 2, 6, 25:

nomen fastis,

to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.:

margine in extremo littera rasa,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22:

tabellae rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437.—

Poet., transf.

To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams:

ripas radentia flumina rodunt,

Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.—

Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by),

Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere;

of horses running past),

Ov. M. 10, 654:

terra rasa squamis (serpentis),

id. ib. 3, 75:

arva radens serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217:

trajectos surculus rasit,

crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—

To strip off, nip off:

damnosa canicula quantum raderet,

Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—

Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend:

aures delicatas radere,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

teneras auriculas mordaci vero,

Pers. 1, 107:

pallentes mores,

to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.