Lewis & Short

percursĭo, ōnis, f. [percurro], a running through or over; trop.,

  1. I. A rapid or hasty thinking over a thing: propter animi multarum rerum brevi tempore percursionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31.
  2. II. Rhet., a rapid or hasty passing over a subject: huic (commorationi) contraria saepe percursio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202.