curriculum

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currĭcŭlum: i, n. id.,
I a running, course, race.
I Lit.
   A 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.—
   (b)    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.—
   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.—
II Meton.
   A A race-ground, course, career. *
   1    Lit.: solis et lunae, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 198, 29.—Far more freq.,
   2    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.—
   b The time of the annual circuit of the sun, a year, Prud. στεφ. 3 (al. 9), 11.—
   B A race-chariot (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 14, 14; 15, 44 fin.; *Suet. Calig. 19.—
   2    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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

currĭcŭlum,¹² ī, n. (curro),
1 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
2 [en part.] lutte à la course : Cic. Leg. 2, 22 ; quadrigarum curriculum Cic. Mur. 57, course de chars, cf. Hor. O. 1, 1, 3
3 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
4 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.