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|lshtext=<b>curro</b>: cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. kindr. [[with]] [[celer]], [[coruscus]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[run]], to [[move]] [[quickly]] (on [[foot]], on a [[horse]], [[ship]], etc.), to [[hasten]], [[fly]] ([[very]] freq. in [[every]] [[period]] and [[species]] of [[composition]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[living]] beings: si ingrederis curre, si curris advola, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: [[propere]], Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56: per vias, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24: per totum [[conclave]] pavidi, Hor. S. 2, 6, 113: [[circum]] loculos, id. ib. 2, 3, 147: subsidio, Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17 al.: in nostros toros, id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.: ad villam [[praecipitanter]], Lucr. 3, 1063: per omne [[mare]] nautae, Hor. S. 1, 1, 30: [[trans]] [[mare]], id. Ep. 1, 11, 27: extremos ad Indos [[mercator]], id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.: injecto ter pulvere curras ([[nauta]]), id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.: sed [[neque]] currentem se nec cognoscit euntem, his [[former]] [[strength]], Verg. A. 12, 903: ad vocem [[praeceps]] amensque cucurri, Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of [[distance]]: uno [[die]] MCCCV. stadia, Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf. in a [[figure]]: eosdem [[cursus]], Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. β [[infra]].—Poet., of [[flight]]: [[medio]] ut limite curras, Icare, [[moneo]], Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.: [[quis]] illam (dextram) osculari non curreret? Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Impers.: ad me curritur, Ter. Heaut. prol. 44: curritur ad [[praetorium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: quo curratur [[celeriter]], Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rarely [[with]] the homogeneous objects [[iter]], [[stadium]], [[campus]], etc.: qui [[stadium]] currit, [[who]] runs a [[race]], Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: currimus [[aequor]], Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence [[pass]].: [[unde]] et [[campus]] curritur et [[mare]] navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to [[spur]] a [[willing]] [[horse]], i. e. to [[urge]] one [[who]] needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45: facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare [[quam]] commovere languentem, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf. ellipt.: [[quod]] me hortaris ... currentem tu [[quidem]], Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so, currentem hortari, id. ib. 5, 9, 1; 6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1: asellum currere doceas, i. e. [[you]] [[labor]] to no [[purpose]], Hor. S. 1, 1, 91: per flammam, to go [[through]] [[fire]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of [[inanimate]] objects ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): sol currens, Lucr. 5, 682; of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt, Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597; Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā, Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10: [[quam]] (chlamydem) [[circum]] Purpura cucurrit, Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98: [[rubor]] per ora, Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.: [[linea]] per [[medium]], Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: [[limes]] per agrum, id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§ 243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: [[varius]] per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata [[fremor]], Verg. A. 11, 296: carmina dulci modulatione currentia, Lact. 5, 1, 10; of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et [[furiose]] respicientes, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: non quo [[multa]] [[parum]] [[communis]] [[littera]] currat, not [[but]] [[that]] [[they]] [[have]] [[many]] letters in [[common]], Lucr. 2, 692: proclivi currit [[oratio]], venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā, runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: [[historia]] currere debet ac ferri, Quint. 9, 4, 18: cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere, id. 9, 4, 139: numeri, id. 9, 4, 31; cf. rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50: [[versus]] incomposito pede, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: [[sententia]], id. ib. 1, 10, 9: currit [[ferox]] Aetas, flies [[away]], passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With acc., to [[run]], [[traverse]] (cf. I. b. [[supra]]): eosdem [[cursus]] currere, to [[adopt]] the [[same]] [[policy]], Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44: talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae, Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. [[regard]] saecla as voc.; al. [[take]] currite as transitive, [[produce]] [[such]] ages, [[cause]] [[them]] to be [[such]], as ye [[run]]; cf. Forbig ad loc.).

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