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  • 1 ēvolūtiō

        ēvolūtiō ōnis, f    [ex + 3 VOL-], an unrolling: poētarum, reading.
    * * *
    I II
    action of reading through; development, unfolding; evolution (Ecc)

    Latin-English dictionary > ēvolūtiō

  • 2 dēcursus

        dēcursus ūs, m    [decurro], a running down, downward course, descent: aquarum, O.: rapidus (amnium), V.— A descent, attack: subitus ex collibus, L.: in litora, Ta.— An evolution, manœuvre: iustus, L.: legionum, Ta.— A running in armor (at a festival), L. — Fig., a course, career: mei temporis: si forensium rerum labor decursu honorum constitisset, i. e. after every grade of office.
    * * *
    decent, downward course/slope/rush/fall/flow; attack/charge downhill; manoeuver; running race/course; finish; flow (verse); coming to land; watercourse/channel

    Latin-English dictionary > dēcursus

  • 3 decursio

    dēcursĭo, ōnis, f. [decurro], a running or flowing down (less freq. than decursus; not in Cic.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    aquae,

    Arn. 2, p. 84.—
    II.
    In partic., milit. t. t., a manœuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack, Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 3; Auct. B. Alex. 42.—Hence,
    B.
    Transf., a walking or running in complete armor at a solemnity or for exercise, Suet. Calig. 18; id. Galb. 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decursio

  • 4 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.:

    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. —
    B.
    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:

    destitit ante decursum, neque eo secius coronatus est,

    Suet. Ner. 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a course:

    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.—
    B.
    Rhetor. t. t., the rhythmical movement of a verse, Quint. 9, 4, 115; 11, 2, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decursus

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