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|lshtext=<b>currus</b>: ūs, m. [[curro]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[chariot]], [[car]], [[wain]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., Poët. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3; Lucr. 3, 642; Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144; Verg. A. 5, 819; id. G. 3, 359; Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 2 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[triumphal]] [[car]], Cic. Cael. 14, 34; Suet. Caes. 49; Flor. 1, 5, 6; Hor. Epod. 9, 22; Ov. M. 13, 252 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[Meton]]., a [[triumph]], Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 36; Flor. 4, 2, 89; Prop. 3 (4), 9, 53; Luc. 1, 316 et saep.; cf. Sil. 6, 345 Drak.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[war]]-[[chariot]] ( = [[esseda]]), Caes. B. G. 4, 33, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet. transf. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[ship]], [[boat]], Cat. 64, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The horses [[drawing]] a [[chariot]], a [[team]], [[span]], Verg. G. 1, 514; id. A. 12, 287; Sil. 16, 367; Luc. 7, 570.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[pair]] of [[small]] wheels by [[which]] the [[beam]] of a [[plough]] [[was]] supported and guided: [[currus]] a [[tergo]] torquere imos, Verg. G. 1, 174 Forbig ad loc.; v. Heyne Exc. ad h. l.
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