trāns-currō

curro, cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. [kindr. with celer, coruscus], to run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

Of living beings:

si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

propere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56:

per vias,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24:

per totum conclave pavidi,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 113:

circum loculos,

id. ib. 2, 3, 147:

subsidio,

Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17 al.:

in nostros toros,

id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.:

ad villam praecipitanter,

Lucr. 3, 1063:

per omne mare nautae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 30:

trans mare,

id. Ep. 1, 11, 27:

extremos ad Indos mercator,

id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),

id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.:

sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,

his former strength, Verg. A. 12, 903:

ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,

Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance:

uno die MCCCV. stadia,

Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf.

in a figure: eosdem cursus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. b infra.— Poet., of flight:

medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,

Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.:

quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?

Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.— Impers.:

ad me curritur,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 44:

curritur ad praetorium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

quo curratur celeriter,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al. —

Rarely with the homogeneous objects iter, stadium, campus, etc.:

qui stadium currit,

who runs a race, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

currimus aequor,

Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence pass.: unde et campus curritur et mare navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—

Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45:

facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf.

ellipt.: quod me hortaris... currentem tu quidem,

Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so,

currentem hortari,

id. ib. 5, 9, 1;

6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1:

asellum currere doceas,

i. e. you labor to no purpose, Hor. S. 1, 1, 91:

per flammam,

to go through fire, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—

Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.):

sol currens,

Lucr. 5, 682;

of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,

Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597;

Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10:

quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98:

rubor per ora,

Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

linea per medium,

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

limes per agrum,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§

243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,

Verg. A. 11, 296:

carmina dulci modulatione currentia,

Lact. 5, 1, 10;

of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—

Trop.:

non quo multa parum communis littera currat,

not but that they have many letters in common, Lucr. 2, 692:

proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,

runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

historia currere debet ac ferri,

Quint. 9, 4, 18:

cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,

id. 9, 4, 139:

numeri,

id. 9, 4, 31; cf.

rhythmi,

id. 9, 4, 50:

versus incomposito pede,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 1:

sententia,

id. ib. 1, 10, 9:

currit ferox Aetas,

flies away, passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—

With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra):

eosdem cursus currere,

to adopt the same policy, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,

Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).

trans-curro, curri or cŭcurri (the former, Cic. Brut. 81, 282; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Liv. 40, 40, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 89; Sen. Contr. 1, 6, 10;

the latter,

Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; Suet. Calig. 24; Curt. 6, 3, 16), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.

To run over or across, to run, go, sail, etc., by or past.

Lit. cito Transcurre curriculo ad nos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 43 sq.:

hinc ad forum,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

praeter oculos,

Ov. M. 14, 359; cf.:

praeter ora populi,

Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96.— Absol.:

remos transcurrentes detergere,

in sailing by, Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

haud dubius, sine noxā transcursuros, si nemo se opponeret,

Curt. 4, 13, 33; Val. Fl. 4, 615. — Impers. pass.:

captis propioribus castris in altera transcursum castra ab Romanis est,

Liv. 25, 39, 7:

in arcem transcurso opus est tibi,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17.—

Trop.:

ne sine delectu temere in dissimilem rem,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

hic tamen ad melius poterit transcurrere quondam,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 82:

in prolem transcurrit gratia patrum,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 51; so,

tempus,

Petr. 136.— Impers. pass.:

praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum,

Vell. 2, 1, 1.—

Of time, to pass by, elapse:

patiar ergo aestatem inquietem transcurrere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

cum tempus jam longum transcurreret,

Gell. 5, 10, 7.—

To run, hasten, or pass through, to traverse.

Lit.:

per spatium,

Lucr. 4, 192:

per geminum tempus (harundo),

Sil. 12, 414:

cum transcucurrisset Campaniam,

Suet. Calig. 24:

reliquas trunci partes (umor),

Col. 3, 10, 1:

(luna) radios solis,

id. 2, 10, 10:

Hellespontum,

Nep. Eum. 3, 3:

tot montium juga transcucurrimus,

Curt. 6, 3, 16:

caelum (nimbus),

Verg. A. 9. 111.— In pass.:

raptim transcursā primā porticu,

App. M. 9, p. 217; id. Flor. 1, p. 520, 19.—

Trop.

In gen.: suum cursum, to run through, hasten to the end of one ' s career, * Cic. Brut. 81, 282. —

In partic., to run through or over in speaking, to treat cursorily, touch briefly upon:

narrationem,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2 med.:

partem operis,

Quint. 9, 3, 89:

in quā (narratione) sciens transcurram subtiles nimium divisiones,

pass over, id. 4, 2, 2; 10, 1, 19; 10, 5, 8.