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cursor ōris, m [1 CEL-], a runner, racer, competitor: Ut cursor frena retentat equi, O. — A courier, post, N.: per dispositos cursores nuntiare, Ta.—A lackey, errand-boy: Gaetulus, Iu.* * *runner; chariot-racer; courier/carrier/messenger; footman (run before carriage); cursor (of an instrument) -
3 Cursor
1. A.A runner in a race, racer, Lucr. 2, 78; Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; id. Div. 2, 70, 144; also a competitor in a chariot-race:B.ut cupidi cursor frena retentat equi,
Ov. P. 3, 9, 26.—A courier, post (mostly postAug.), Nep. Milt. 4, 3 (transl. of the Gr. hêmerodromos); Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; Plin. Ep. 7, 12 fin.; Suet. Ner. 49; Mart. 3, 100, 1 al.—C.A slave who ran before the chariot of a grandee, a forerunner (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 87, 9; 123, 7; Suet. Ner. 30; Mart. 3, 47, 14. —II.Trop.:2.cursor iambus,
Rufin. Rhet. p. 355 Capperon.Cursor, ōris, m. [id.], a surname of L. Papirius, Liv. 9, 16, 11; Ampel. 18; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 31; Eutr. 2, 8. -
4 cursor
1. A.A runner in a race, racer, Lucr. 2, 78; Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; id. Div. 2, 70, 144; also a competitor in a chariot-race:B.ut cupidi cursor frena retentat equi,
Ov. P. 3, 9, 26.—A courier, post (mostly postAug.), Nep. Milt. 4, 3 (transl. of the Gr. hêmerodromos); Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; Plin. Ep. 7, 12 fin.; Suet. Ner. 49; Mart. 3, 100, 1 al.—C.A slave who ran before the chariot of a grandee, a forerunner (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 87, 9; 123, 7; Suet. Ner. 30; Mart. 3, 47, 14. —II.Trop.:2.cursor iambus,
Rufin. Rhet. p. 355 Capperon.Cursor, ōris, m. [id.], a surname of L. Papirius, Liv. 9, 16, 11; Ampel. 18; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 31; Eutr. 2, 8. -
5 hēmerodromus
hēmerodromus ī, m, ἡμεροδρόμοσ (all-day runner), a courier, L.— Plur: hemerodromoe, N.* * *special courier, express -
6 Callipides
Callīpĭdes ( Callipp-), ae, m., = Kallippidês, a Grecian runner who made no progress:quem cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi proverbio Graeco notatum est,
Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3. -
7 Callippides
Callīpĭdes ( Callipp-), ae, m., = Kallippidês, a Grecian runner who made no progress:quem cursitare ac ne cubiti quidem mensuram progredi proverbio Graeco notatum est,
Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3. -
8 diaulos
dĭaulos, i, m., = diaulos, a double course (in which the runner, after reaching the goal, ran the same distance back), Vitr. 5, 11; Hyg. Fab. 173. -
9 Dromo
1.drŏmo, ōnis, m., = dromôn (the runner).I.A sort of shell-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148.—II.A kind of vessel rapidly propelled by many oars, a cutter, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 14.2.Drŏmō, ōnis, m., Gr. Dromôn, the name of a slave, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22; cf. id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34. -
10 dromo
1.drŏmo, ōnis, m., = dromôn (the runner).I.A sort of shell-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148.—II.A kind of vessel rapidly propelled by many oars, a cutter, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 14.2.Drŏmō, ōnis, m., Gr. Dromôn, the name of a slave, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22; cf. id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34. -
11 Iphiclus
Īphī̆clus, i, m., = Iphiklos, one of the Argonauts, a swift runner, Ov. H. 13, 25; cf. also Hyg. Fab. 14; 103; Val. Fl. 1, 370. -
12 Ladas
Lādas, ae, m., = Ladas, a runner of Alexander the Great, whose name became a proverb for swiftness, Sol. 1, § 96; Mart. 10, 100, 5; 2, 86, 8; Cat. 55, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Sen. Ep. 85, 4:pauper locupletem optare podagram Ne dubitet Ladas,
Juv. 13, 97. -
13 procella
prŏcella, ae, f [pro and root kel; Gr. kelês, runner; cf.: celer, celox], a violent wind (by which things are prostrated), a storm, hurricane, tempest (class.).I.Lit.:II.procella distat latitudine a vortice et a turbine disjectā nube verius quam ruptā,
Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 133:turbinis inmanem vim provomit atque procellae,
Lucr. 6, 447:imbres, nimbi, procellae, turbines,
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 17:creber procellis Africus,
Verg. A. 1, 85:stridens Aquilone procella,
id. ib. 1, 102:si mugiat Africis Malus procellis,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 58; 2, 9, 3:praecipites,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 35:navis quassata procellā,
id. ib. 5, 5, 17:raperent mea poma procellae, id. Nux, 163: procella nivem effuderat,
Curt. 3, 13, 7:imbrem excusserant procellae,
id. 4, 7, 14:Thalle, turbidā rapacior procellā,
Cat. 25, 4.—With gen.:validi venti collecta procella,
Lucr. 6, 124.—Transf.A.(Mostly in plur.) A storm, tumult, violence, commotion, vehemence:B.tempestates et procellas in illis fluctibus concionum,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5 (also cited ap. Quint. 8, 6, 48, and particularly mentioned as a figure, id. 8, 6, 48, § 7):vita tranquilla et quieta remota a procellis invidiarum,
Cic. Clu. 56, 153:ut procellam temporis devitaret,
id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:patriae,
id. Dom. 53, 137:agitari tribuniciis procellis,
Liv. 2, 1; cf.:seditionum procellae,
id. 28, 25:procellae civiles,
civil commotions, Nep. Att. 10, 6; cf.:ferimur procellā,
Verg. A. 7, 594; Ov. M. 13, 656.—In milit. lang.1.A charge, onset, sudden attack of cavalry:2.hac velut procellā ita consternavit equos, ut, etc.,
Liv. 37, 41 fin.:equestrem procellam excitemus oportet,
id. 30, 18:equestris,
id. 29, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53.—In gen., of a fierce battle:3.hic secunda belli Punici procella desaevit,
Flor. 2, 6, 12; Luc. 8, 203.—Of a storm of eloquence:priusquam illam eloquentiae procellam effunderet (Ulixes),
Quint. 11, 3, 158:contionum,
id. 8, 6, 7. -
14 rumpus
rumpus, i, m., a vine branch or runner (syn. tradux), Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4. -
15 stadiodromos
stădĭŏdrŏmos, i, m., = stadiodromos, a runner in a foot-race, Firm. Math. 8, 8.— A statue of Astylon, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59; Censor. 14, 5.
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