cursor
τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς, οἷον ἄνθρωπος, βοῦς, τρέχει, νικᾷ → and the simple forms of speech, for example: 'man', 'ox', 'runs', 'wins'
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cursor: ōris, m. id.,
I a runner, and partic.,
A A runner in a race, racer, Lucr. 2, 78; Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; id. Div. 2, 70, 144; also a competitor in a chariot-race: ut cupidi cursor frena retentat equi, Ov. P. 3, 9, 26.—
B A courier, post (mostly postAug.), Nep. Milt. 4, 3 (transl. of the Gr. ἡμεροδρόμος); Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; Plin. Ep. 7, 12 fin.; Suet. Ner. 49; Mart. 3, 100, 1 al.—
C A slave who ran before the chariot of a grandee, a forerunner (post-Aug.), Sen. Ep. 87, 9; 123, 7; Suet. Ner. 30; Mart. 3, 47, 14. —
II Trop.: cursor iambus, Rufin. Rhet. p. 355 Capperon.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cursŏr,¹² ōris, m. (curro), coureur [disputant le prix de la course] : Cic. Tusc. 2, 56 || conducteur de char : Ov. P. 3, 9, 26 || courrier, messager : Nep. Milt. 4, 3 ; Suet. Nero 49, 2 || coureur, esclave qui précède la litière ou la voiture du maître : Sen. Ep. 87, 9 ; 123, 7.
