accurro
ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ' ἀσπίδα στῆναι θέλοιμ' ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ → I would rather stand three times with a shield in battle than give birth once
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ac-curro: (adc.), cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 3, v. n.,
I to run to a place, to come to by running, to hasten to.
I Lit. constr. absol., with ad and in: expeditus facito ut sis, si inclamāro ut accurras, Cic. Att. 2, 20; 12, 18 (accucurrisse); 13, 48: cupide ad praetorem accurrit, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3; so Caes. B. G. 1, 22; ib. 3, 5; Sall. J. 106, 2: in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 15, 3: ad gemitum collabentis, Tac. A. 2, 31: in castra, Caes. B. Alex. 53: in auxilium accucurrerunt, Suet. Calig. 58: ad visendum, id. Ner. 34: auxilio suis, Sall. J. 101, 10.—Impers.: accurritur ab universis, Tac. A. 1, 21.—
II Trop., of ideas: istae imagines ita nobis dicto audientes sunt, ut simul atque velimus accurrant, come up, present themselves, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 138.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
accurrō,¹⁰ currī plus rar. cŭcurrī], currĕre (ad, curro), intr., courir vers, accourir : [pris abst] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 106, etc. ; [avec ad ] Cæs. G. 1, 22, 2 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, etc.; [avec in ] accurres in Tusculanum Cic. Att. 15, 3, 1, tu viendras en hâte dans ma villa de Tusculum ; [avec acc.] aliquem Tac. Ann. 15, 53, accourir vers qqn ; Apul. M. 3, 21 ; 6, 21 ; [avec 2 dat.] auxilio alicui Sall. J. 101, 10, accourir au secours de qqn || [en parlant de choses] : imagines accurrunt Cic. Div. 2, 138, les images se présentent instantanément.
