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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=decursio decursionis N F :: [[attack from high ground]], [[decent]]; [[raid]], [[inroad]]; [[military pageant]]; [[flowing down]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēcursĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[decurro]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[running]] or [[flowing]] [[down]] ([[less]] freq. [[than]] [[decursus]]; not in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: aquae, Arn. 2, p. 84.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., milit. t. t., a [[manœuvre]], [[military]] [[exercise]], evolution, a [[descent]], [[hostile]] [[attack]], [[Brutus]] ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 3; Auct. B. Alex. 42.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[walking]] or [[running]] in [[complete]] armor at a [[solemnity]] or for [[exercise]], Suet. Calig. 18; id. Galb. 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēcursĭō</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, f. ([[decurro]]),<br /><b>1</b> action de descendre à la course ; incursion de cavalerie : Brut. d. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 4 ; ou descente brusque : Hirt. G. 8, 24, 3 &#124;&#124; descente de l’eau : Arn. 2, 59<br /><b>2</b> évolution (manœuvre) militaire, revue : Suet. Cal. 18.||descente de l’eau : Arn. 2, 59<br /><b>2</b> évolution (manœuvre) militaire, revue : Suet. Cal. 18.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēcursio, ōnis, f. ([[decurro]]), das Herablaufen, I) im allg.: aquae, Arnob. 2, 59: globosa, Chalcid. Tim. 235. – II) insbes. [[als]] milit. t. t., die [[Evolution]], a) zur [[Übung]] od. zu [[einer]] [[Feier]], das [[Manöver]], die [[Revue]], d. campi, Veget. mil., od. dec. campestris, Suet.: d. Troiae, Suet.: indicere decursionem praetorianis, Suet. – b) [[feindlich]], das Herabstürmen, der [[Überfall]], barbarorum, Hirt. b. G.: decursiones facere, Auct. b. Alex.: decursionibus per equites vastet ea [[loca]], in [[quae]] incurrerit, [[Brutus]] in Cic. ep.
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