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|lshtext=<b>dis-curro</b>: curri and cucurri (<br /><b>I</b> perf. discucurri, Liv. 25, 25, 9; Sen. Contr. 4, 2; Suet. Calig. 32: discurrisse, Curt. 4, 15, 5; oftener curri, Liv. 34, 37; 3, 7, 32; Sen. Ep. 90, 36; Curt. 4, 15, 10 al.), cursum, 3, v. n.<br /><b>I</b> To [[run]] [[different]] ways, to [[run]] to and [[fro]], [[run]] [[about]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.; in Cic not at all): in muris armata [[civitas]], * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 3: [[deus]] in montibus altis, Ov. F. 2, 285: [[plebs]] pileata tota Urbe, Suet. Ner. 57: [[circa]] deum delubra, Liv. 26, 9; cf.: [[circa]] vias, id. 25, 9: per omnes silvas, Ov. M. 14, 419; cf.: per ambitum [[lacus]], Suet. Claud. 21; and: per Baianum [[sinum]] equis, id. Calig. 19: [[more]] victorum cum [[palma]] discucurrit, id. ib. 32 et saep.—Designating the [[term]]. ad quem: ad portas, Liv. 25, 37; Verg. A. 12, 577: ad [[arma]], Liv. 5, 36: ad praedam, Curt. 4, 15: ad officia, Petr. 114: ad rapiendas virgines, Liv. 1, 9 et saep.: in latera, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 10; cf.: a media in utramque partem, Quint. 2, 4, 15.—Pass. impers.: [[ilicet]] in muros tota discurritur urbe, Verg. A. 11, 468: in [[tribus]] ad [[suffragium]] ferendum, Liv. 25, 2: ab caede ad diripiendam urbem, id. 27, 16 al.— In the [[pass]]., [[with]] a homogeneous [[subject]]: discursis magnis itineribus, Amm. 29, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[inanimate]] and [[abstract]] subjects: discurrentes maculae in [[gemma]], Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 5; 13, 21, 37, § 117: catenae [[circa]] latera, id. 33, 3, 12, § 40 al.: ([[Nilus]]) diversa ruens [[septem]] discurrit in ora, Verg. G. 4, 291; Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182: [[fama]] tota urbe discurrit, Curt. 4, 1: [[mens]] discurret [[utroque]], Ov. R. Am. 443.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[traverse]], [[run]] [[through]] or [[over]], [[hasten]] [[through]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): latius arva, Avien. Descr. Orb. 516: Gallias, Amm. 15, 5, 4: tramite [[aliquo]] [[discurso]], id. 16, 2, 10: discursis itineribus magnis, id. 29, 5, 17.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop., [[like]] Gr. [[διελθεῖν]]>, to [[speak]] at [[length]] of a [[thing]], to [[discourse]] of ([[post]]-[[class]].): [[super]] quo [[nunc]] pauca discurram, Amm. 17, 4 (cf. in this [[sense]] the Romance discorrere, discourir, and v. 2, [[discursus]], II.).