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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>curro</b>: 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]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[run]], to [[move]] [[quickly]] (on [[foot]], on a [[horse]], [[ship]], etc.), to [[hasten]], [[fly]] ([[very]] freq. in [[every]] [[period]] and [[species]] of [[composition]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. β [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>currō</b>,⁸ cŭcurrī, cursum, currĕre, intr., courir : si ingrederis, curre, si curris, advola Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3, si tu es en marche, cours, si tu cours, vole ; currere subsidio Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2, courir au secours ; currere [[per]] flammam Cic. Tusc. 2, 62, traverser un brasier en courant &#124;&#124; curritur ad prætorium Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 92, on court au prétoire ; currentem incitare [prov.] Cic. de Or. 2, 86, stimuler un homme en pleine course [qui n’a pas besoin d’encouragements] &#124;&#124; [avec acc. de l’objet intérieur] : eosdem [[cursus]] Cic. Agr. 2, 44, fournir les mêmes courses (= suivre la même piste) ; [[stadium]] Cic. Off. 3, 42, fournir la course du stade, courir dans le stade ; currere M&nbsp;stadia Plin. 7, 84, parcourir [[mille]] stades &#124;&#124; [fig.] amnes currunt Virg. En. 12, 524, les torrents se précipitent ; currit [[rubor]] [[per]] [[ora]] Virg. En. 12, 66, la rougeur se répand sur le visage ; [[circum]] chlamydem [[purpura]] cucurrit Virg. En. 5, 250, une bande de pourpre court autour du manteau ; currit [[oratio]] Cic. Fin. 5, 84, la parole court ; [[historia]] currere debet Quint. 9, 4, 18, l’histoire doit avoir une allure [[rapide]] ; currit ætas Hor. O. 2, 5, 13, l’âge fuit ; usuræ currunt Dig. 12, 1, 40, les intérêts courent &#124;&#124; [avec inf. de but] : Pl. As. 910 ; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1 ; [avec le supin] Pl. Merc. 857 ; Cæcil. 11 ; [avec ut subj.] Pl. Ps. 358 ; Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8.||curritur ad prætorium Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 92, on court au prétoire ; currentem incitare [prov.] Cic. de Or. 2, 86, stimuler un homme en pleine course [qui n’a pas besoin d’encouragements]|
|[avec acc. de l’objet intérieur] : eosdem [[cursus]] Cic. Agr. 2, 44, fournir les mêmes courses (=suivre la même piste) ; [[stadium]] Cic. Off. 3, 42, fournir la course du stade, courir dans le stade ; currere M&nbsp;stadia Plin. 7, 84, parcourir [[mille]] stades||[fig.] amnes currunt Virg. En. 12, 524, les torrents se précipitent ; currit [[rubor]] [[per]] [[ora]] Virg. En. 12, 66, la rougeur se répand sur le visage ; [[circum]] chlamydem [[purpura]] cucurrit Virg. En. 5, 250, une bande de pourpre court autour du manteau ; currit [[oratio]] Cic. Fin. 5, 84, la parole court ; [[historia]] currere debet Quint. 9, 4, 18, l’histoire doit avoir une allure [[rapide]] ; currit ætas Hor. O. 2, 5, 13, l’âge fuit ; usuræ currunt Dig. 12, 1, 40, les intérêts courent||[avec inf. de but] : Pl. As. 910 ; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1 ; [avec le supin] Pl. Merc. 857 ; Cæcil. 11 ; [avec ut subj.] Pl. Ps. 358 ; Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8.
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{{Georges
|georg=curro, cucurrī, cursum, ere ([[currus]], vgl. mhd. hurren, [[sich]] [[rasch]] [[bewegen]]), [[laufen]], [[rennen]], [[rennen]] u. [[jagen]], im Laufe ([[auch]] zu [[Pferd]], [[Wagen]], [[Schiff]]) [[eilen]], u. im [[Passiv]] curritur unpers. = [[man]] läuft, rennt, eilt (Ggstz. stare, ingredi, [[ire]], ambulare, reptare u. vgl.), currens ([[miles]]), Ggstz. is [[qui]] stat, Veget. mil.: si stas, ingredere; si ingrederis, curre; si curris, advola, Cic.: [[neque]] currentem se [[nec]] cognoscit euntem (weder im [[Laufen]] erkennt er [[sich]] [= seine [[alte]] [[Kraft]]] [[wieder]], [[noch]] im [[Gehen]]); genua labant etc., Verg.: [[multum]] ambulandum est, currendum [[aliquando]], Cels.: [[senex]] infirmi corporis est, [[qui]] cum ambulare [[vult]] currit, Sen.: aves, [[quae]] [[magis]] currunt, [[quam]] volant, Cels.: frequentior currentibus [[quam]] reptantibus [[lapsus]], Plin. ep.: [[exercitatio]] ambulandi currendique [[necessaria]] est, Cels.: claudis [[non]] [[modo]] gradiendi, [[sed]] [[etiam]] currendi facultatem dare, Lact.: currendo se rumpere alcis causā, Plaut.: superare currendo omnes (v. einem [[Hunde]]), Ov. – c. [[propere]], Ter.: c. [[solito]] velocius, Ov.: c. spiritu [[retento]], Cels.: c. rigidā cervice et [[extento]] capite ([[von]] Pferden), [[Fronto]]: singulis cruribus [[saltatim]], Gell.: [[catervatim]] ([[noch]] [[immer]] in einzelnen [[Haufen]]), Liv.: [[recte]] ([[aufrecht]]), v. Affen, Plin.: u. (im Bilde) incomposito [[dixi]] pede currere [[versus]], Hor. – dicta erat aegra [[mihi]]; [[praeceps]] amensque [[cucurri]], Ov.: ne [[qua]] periret redemptionis [[hora]], [[praeceps]] cucurrit, Ps. Quint. decl. – per invia saxa, Curt.: per totum [[conclave]] pavidi currunt (v. Mäusen), Hor.: c. per flammam, [[auch]] sprichw., [[wie]] [[unser]] »[[für]] jmd. durchs [[Feuer]] [[laufen]]« = [[sich]] [[jeder]] [[Mühe]] u. [[Gefahr]] [[unterziehen]], s. [[Cic]]. Tusc. 2, 62. – c. tenuissinus et adversis funibus, Sen.: u. (im Bilde) [[non]] datur ad Musas currere latā viā, Prop.: [[ebenso]] latā viā, Cic.: im Bilde, proclivi currit [[oratio]], venit ad [[extremum]], haeret in [[salebra]], Cic. de fin. 5, 84. – c. [[circum]] loculos, Hor.: ad alcis [[vehiculum]] [[vel]] equum, Eutr.: ad [[essedum]] alcis per [[aliquot]] passuum [[milia]], Suet.: [[unde]] (= a [[quo]]) [[uxor]] media currit de [[nocte]] vocata, Hor.: [[nunc]] [[huc]], [[nunc]] [[illuc]], et [[utroque]] [[sine]] ordine [[curro]], Ov.: [[cogito]], [[quonam]] [[ego]] curram illum quaeritatum, Plaut.: tu pueris curre [[obviam]], Ter.: [[intro]] [[huc]] [[curro]], Plaut.: [[quo]] [[celeriter]] curratur, Plaut.: c. in [[Palatium]], Suet.: in ordines suos, Curt.: [[raptim]] in [[eam]] sententiam, Cic. – ad [[litus]], Ov.: ad muros, Liv.: [[protinus]] ad regem, Curt.: [[cursim]] ad Numisium, Afran. fr.: c. ad me et volare, [[Fronto]]: c. [[titulo]] officii ad exsequias, Iustin.: ad necem (v. [[Hirsch]]), Phaedr.: ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad [[osculum]] Atticae, in die Arme, an den [[Hals]] [[fliegen]], Cic.: ad complectendum [[eum]], Curt.: ad consulendos hariolos, Phaedr.: [[usque]] [[sub]] Orchomenon, Ov. – [[canis]] currens [[post]] cervum, [[hinter]] dem H. herlaufend, Augustin. – c. domum, Plaut.: c. Puteolos, Cic.: ad matrem Neapolim, Cic.: im [[Passiv]] unpers., curritur ad me, Ter., ad [[praetorium]], Cic.: curritur [[certatim]] ad [[hoc]] [[opus]], Cic.: curritur ex omnibus locis [[urbis]] in [[forum]], Liv. – c. alci subsidio (zu H.), Cic. u. Prop.: [[pro]] se [[quisque]] currere ad sua tutanda, Liv. – ad vocem [[praeceps]] amensque [[cucurri]], [[ich]] stürzte [[sinnlos]] der [[Stimme]] [[nach]], Ov. [[met]]. 7, 844. – m. Acc. der [[Strecke]], [[uno]] die MCCCV stadia (v. einem [[Läufer]]), Plin. 7, 84: eosdem [[cursus]] c. (im Bilde = denselben [[Weg]] [[einschlagen]]), Cic. agr. 2, 44: beim [[Passiv]] [[mit]] Nom., [[campus]] curritur, s. [[Quint]]. 1, 4, 28. – Imperat. curre [[mit]] volg. Imperat., curre, [[nuntia]] venire, Afran. fr.: curre, obstetricem arcesse, Ter. (vgl. Ribbeck Coroll. ad comic. Rom. fr. p. LXIX). – [[curro]] m. Infin. = [[laufen]], um zu usw., [[eilen]], [[sich]] [[beeilen]], zu usw., ecquid currit pollinctorem arcessere? Plaut. asin. 910: [[quis]] illam (dexteram) osculari [[non]] curreret? Val. Max. 5, 1. ext. 1. – Sprichw., currentem hortari, incitare od. instigare, od. addere [[calcaria]] [[sponte]] currenti, [[einen]] an [[sich]] [[schon]] Eifrigen zu [[noch]] größerem [[Eifer]] [[aufmuntern]], [[antreiben]] (griech. σπεύδοντα ὀτρύνειν; vgl. [[unser]] »dem [[Vogel]] [[noch]] [[Flügel]] [[ansetzen]]«), s. [[Cic]]. ad Att. 5, 9, 1; 6, 7, 1. Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 16. § 45. Plin. ep. 3, 7, 15; 1, 8, 1: [[auch]] [[mit]] dem [[Zusatz]] ut dicitur, ut aiunt, zB. currentem, ut dicitur, incitavi, Cic. Phil. 3, 19: facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare [[quam]] commovere languentem, Cic. de or. 2, 186: alqm ad pacem currentem, ut aiunt, incitare, Cic. ep. 15, 15, 3.<br />So [[nun]] [[bes]].: a) v. Wettlaufen, [[Wettrennen]], [[laufen]], [[rennen]], [[qui]] currere coeperint, Cornif. rhet.: currentes equi, Plin. ep.: exerceri [[plurimum]] currendo et luctando, Nep.: c. [[bene]], [[male]] (v. Rennpferden), Ov.: c. in [[sacro]] certamine, Lampr.: ›[[circus]] [[maximus]]‹ [[dictus]], [[quod]] [[ibi]] [[circum]] metas equi currunt, [[Varro]] LL. – bildl., per [[hunc]] [[circulum]] curritur, [[darum]] dreht [[sich]] alles, Sen. ep. 77, 6. – m. Acc. der [[Strecke]], [[qui]] [[Stadium]] currit, Cic. de off. 3, 42. – b) v. der [[Schiffahrt]], [[fahren]], [[segeln]], [[iniecto]] [[ter]] pulvere curras (magst du [[weiter]] [[fahren]]). Hor.: c. [[bene]] minimam ad auram (v. Fahrzeuge), Ov.: c. per placidas aquas (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: per omne [[mare]] (v. Pers.), Hor.: Colchā aquā (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: in [[immensum]] [[salum]] (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: extremos ad Indos (v. [[Kaufmann]]), Hor.: c. [[trans]] [[mare]] (v. Pers.), Hor. – m. Acc. [[des]] Wegs usw., c. Caphaream aquam (v. Fahrzeug), Ov.: c. cavā [[trabe]] vastum [[aequor]] (v. Pers.), Verg.: currit [[iter]] tutum [[non]] [[secius]] aequore [[classis]], Verg. – c) v. Laufe, Umlaufe [[des]] Rades, si mea [[sincero]] curreret axe [[rota]], Ov.: u. (v. Töpferrade) currente rotā [[urceus]] exit, Hor. – d) v. Laufe [[des]] Wassers, [[bes]]. eines Flusses, [[laufen]], [[rinnen]], [[aqua]] currens, Prop. u. (Ggstz. [[aqua]] [[stans]]) Pallad.: currentes aquae, Ov.: [[prope]] currens [[flumen]], Ov.: [[rivus]] palustri et voraginoso [[solo]] currens, Auct. b. Hisp.: c. per ultima Indiae (v. einem Fl.), Curt.: in aequora, in [[mare]] vastum (v. Fl.), Verg. u. Ov.- m. Acc. der [[Strecke]], et sciat indociles currere [[lympha]] vias, [[wie]] [[unlenksam]] die [[Quelle]] die Wege [[sich]] bahnt, Prop. – ex Aetnae verticibus [[quondam]] effusis crateribus per declivia incendio [[divino]] torrentis [[vice]] flammarum flumina cucurrerunt, Apul. – e) v. Fluge, [[medio]] ut limite curras, Icare, [[moneo]], Ov. [[met]]. 8, 203. – f) v. Laufe der [[Himmelskörper]], umlaufen, den [[Umlauf]] [[halten]], [[quae]] ([[loca]]) proxima [[sol]] currendo deflagrat, Vitr.: quaecumque vides [[supra]] [[nos]] currere, Sen.: libera currebant et inobservata per annum sidera, Ov. – g) v. Dingen, die [[sich]] in [[einer]] [[Richtung]] um od. [[über]] od. [[durch]] [[etwas]] [[hinziehen]], [[non]] [[quo]] [[multa]] [[parum]] [[communis]] [[littera]] currat, [[sich]] hinzieht, erscheint, Lucr.: [[chlamys]] [[aurata]], [[quam]] plurima [[circum]] [[purpura]] Maeandro duplici [[Meliboea]] cucurrit, um den [[sich]] [[ein]] meliböischer [[Purpurstreifen]] in doppelten mäandrischen Krümmungen herumzog, Verg.:iniula currit per crines, Stat.: [[linea]] transversa currat per [[medium]], Plin.: [[limes]] currit per agrum, Plin.: supercilia [[usque]] ad malarum scripturam currentia, Petron.: privatis generum funiculis in orbem, in [[obliquum]], in ambitum ([[sich]] schlängelnd) quaedam coronae per coronas currunt, Plin. – v. [[Tönen]], [[vox]] currit conchato parietum [[spatio]], Plin. 11, 270: [[varius]] per [[ora]] cucurrit Ausonidum turbata [[fremor]] (Gemurr), Verg. Aen. 11, 296 sq.: carmina dulci modulatione currentia, Lact. 5, 1, 10. – [[von]] körperlichen Zuständen, [[frigus]] per [[ossa]] cucurrit, Ov. – [[rubor]] calefacta per [[ora]] cucurrit, Verg. – h) v. den Augen, [[rollen]], oculi currentes, [[huc]] illucque directi et [[furiose]] respicientes, Cassiod. hist. eccl. 7, 2. p. 281 (a) ed. Garet. – i) v. der [[Zeit]] u. v. Zeitereignissen, [[schnell]] [[dahineilen]], [[enteilen]], [[schnell]] [[verlaufen]], currit [[ferox]] [[aetas]], Hor.: [[hic]] [[tibi]] bisque [[aestas]] bisque cucurrit [[hiems]], Ov.: [[nox]] [[inter]] pocula currat, Prop.: [[quasi]] [[saeculum]] [[illud]] eversionibus urbium ([[unter]] Z. [[von]] St.) curreret, [[Flor]].: currentes ex [[voto]] prosperitates, Amm. 20, 8, 6: [[facile]] est, [[ubi]] [[omnia]] quadrata currunt, alles am Schnürchen läuft, Petron. 43, 7. – u. v. Pers., eine [[Zeit]] dahinrollen [[lassen]], [[durchlaufen]], talia saecula currite, Verg. ecl. 4, 16. – k) (im Bilde s. [[oben]] aus Cic. de fin. 5, 84), v. raschen [[Gang]] der [[Rede]] usw., [[rasch]] [[fortschreiten]], [[fortlaufen]], [[perfacile]] currens [[oratio]], Cic.: [[historia]] currere debet et ferri, Quint.: acria currere, [[delicata]] fluere, Quint.: trochaeum ut [[nimis]] currentem damnat, Quint.: est brevitate [[opus]], ut currat [[sententia]], Hor.: [[modulatus]] [[aliquis]] currentis facundiae [[sonitus]], Gell.: [[illi]] (rhythmi) currunt [[usque]] ad μεταβολήν, Quint. – / Perf. [[bei]] Spät. [[auch]] curri, zB. currissem, [[Verus]] [[bei]] [[Fronto]] ep. ad Ver. 1, 3. p. 116, 19 N.: curristi, Tert. de [[fuga]] in pers. 12: currēre, Arnob. 4, 4 cod. P (Reiff. cucurrēre).
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|lnetxt=curro currere, cucurri, cursus V INTRANS :: run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly
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