Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 477.cursus on page 477
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cursus race
cursus is a Latin Noun that primarily means race.
Definitions for cursus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
running, race, course
English derivatives:
courser. cursor cursory cursive concourse discourse recourse precursor excursion
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The action of running. (b) ~u, at a run, at a gallop.
- 2
(a) (mil.) A charge, onrush. (b) a contest of running, race. (c) running to and fro.
- 3
Onward movement, motion. (b) movement (of the fluids), flow; also, flowing out, running. (c) the revolution (of a wheel). (d) flow (of speech).
Sentences with cursus
Latin to English
Quo modo nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, sic est aliquis oratorum campus, per quem nisi liberi et soluti ferantur debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia.Compare Just as a spacious course tests a fine horse, so the orator has his field, and unless he can move in it freely and at ease, his eloquence grows feeble and breaks down.
Atque omnis primum ad cursus luna in duodecim mensis describo annus.Compare And first of all he divides the year into twelve months, according to the course of the moon.
Cur non idem nunc cursus, qui antea, curro?Compare Why have they not run the same course now, that they ran before?
Declension table for cursus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | cursus | cursūs |
| Gen. | cursūs | cursuum |
| Dat. | cursuī | cursibus |
| Acc. | cursum | cursūs |
| Abl. | cursū | cursibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 477.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cursus, cursūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cursus-cursus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.cursus, cursūs on page 190
