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|lshtext=<b>currĭcŭlum</b>: i, n. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[running]], [[course]], [[race]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): conicere se in [[curriculum]], Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 91; cf.: [[pedes]] in [[curriculum]] conferre, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 6: facere unum [[curriculum]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 11; cf.: ita celeri curriculo fui [[propere]] a portu, id. Stich. 2, 2, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abl. curriculo adverb., in a [[quick]] [[course]], at [[full]] [[speed]], [[swiftly]], [[hastily]], Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 2, 1, 15; 3, 3, 26; id. Mil. 2, 6, 43; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., a [[running]] on a [[wager]], a [[race]]: athletae se in curriculo exercentes, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; id. Mur. 27, 57; Liv. 44, 9; Hor. C. 1, 1, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 36 al.: equorum, Liv. 45, 33, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[race]]-[[ground]], [[course]], [[career]]. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: solis et lunae, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 198, 29.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: exiguum nobis vitae [[curriculum]] [[natura]] circumscripsit, immensum gloriae, Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30; cf.: vivendi a naturā datum conficere, id. Univ. 12: curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum, id. Or. 3, 12: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae [[curriculum]] coëgisti, id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6; so, consuetudinis, id. Lael. 12, 40: laudis, Quint. 12, 2, 31: hae sunt exercitationes ingenii, haec curricula mentis, Cic. Sen. 11, 38: petitionis, id. Mur. 22, 46: omne industriae nostrae, id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; cf.: nec in quadrigis eum [[secundum]] numeraverim ... nec in oratoribus, qui [[tantum]] absit a [[primo]], vix ut in [[eodem]] curriculo esse videatur, id. Brut. 47, 173.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The [[time]] of the [[annual]] [[circuit]] of the [[sun]], a [[year]], Prud. στεφ. 3 (al. 9), 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[race]]-[[chariot]] ([[post]]-Aug.), Tac. A. 14, 14; 15, 44 fin.; *Suet. Calig. 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For a [[chariot]], in gen.: equi turbati in amnem praecipitavere curricula, Curt. 8, 14, 8: Mettum Fufetium equis ad [[curriculum]] ex utrāque parte deligatum distraxit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 287, 22.
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|gf=<b>currĭcŭlum</b>,¹² ī, n. ([[curro]]),<br /><b>1</b> course : [[curriculum]] facere unum Pl. Trin. 1103, ne faire qu’une course, courir tout d’une traite ; curriculo Pl. Mil. 522 ; Ter. Haut. 733, en courant, à la course<br /><b>2</b> [en part.] lutte à la course : Cic. Leg. 2, 22 ; quadrigarum [[curriculum]] Cic. Mur. 57, course de chars, cf. Hor. O. 1, 1, 3<br /><b>3</b> endroit où l’on court, carrière, lice, hippodrome : [[tantum]] abest a [[primo]], [[vix]] ut in [[eodem]] curriculo [[esse]] videatur Cic. Br. 173, il [[est]] si loin du premier qu’à peine il semble courir dans la même lice, cf. CM 27 || [fig.] [[curriculum]] vitæ Cic. Rab. perd. 30, ou vivendi Cic. Tim. 12, la carrière de la vie ; curricula mentis Cic. CM 38, la carrière où s’exerce la pensée ; [[curriculum]] industriæ nostræ Cic. Phil. 7, 7, le champ de mon activité<br /><b>4</b> char employé dans les jeux du cirque, char de course : Tac. Ann. 14, 14 || char, char de guerre : Varr. d. Non. 287, 22 ; Cic. Har. 21 ; Curt. 8, 14, 8.
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