excursor
From LSJ
διὰ τί αἱ μεγάλαι ὑπερβολαὶ νοσώδεις → why are great excesses disease-producing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
excursor: ōris, m. excurro, I. A. b..
I A skirmisher, scout, spy: paratissimus pro nobis, Val. Max. 7, 3, 7: istius excursor et emissarius, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22.—
B Transf.: excursores venti habentur, qui directo spiritu proflant, App. de Mundo, p. 62, 20 (p. 259 Bip.).—
II In gen., i. q. cursor, Inscr. ap. Don. 315, 7.
