noun
prōcursus
Meaning
- a running forth
prōcursus, ūs, m. id..
I. Lit., a running forth or forwards; esp., in milit. lang., a sallying forth, charge, onset (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
procursu militum, Liv. 22, 41: faciles sternit procursibus herbas, Stat. Th. 4, 787; Lucr. 2, 455.—B. Transf., a jutting out, projection (post-Aug.):
angulosus, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.—II. Trop. (postclass.):
initia procursusque virtutis patefacere, the origin and first manifestations, Val. Max. 3, 2 init.: irae, qui acerrimus esse solet, the outbreak, id. 7, 3, ext. 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōcursus (ūs), m
procurro, a running forth, running on : procursu concitus axis, whirled furiously onward , V.— A sally, onset : procursu militum, L.: Procursu rapido invadere, V.