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1. cursor, ōris, m. [cursito],

  1. I. a runner, and partic.,
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
  2. II. Trop.: cursor iambus, Rufin. Rhet. p. 355 Capperon.

2. Cursor, ōris, m. [cursito], a surname of L. Papirius, Liv. 9, 16, 11; Ampel. 18; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 31; Eutr. 2, 8.

cursōrĭus, a, um, adj. [cursito], of or pertaining to running or to a race-course (late Lat.).

  1. I. Adj.: terminus, Front. Colon. p. 141 Goes.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. cursōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a yacht, cutter, Sid. Ep. 1, 5.
    2. B. cursōrĭum, ĭi, n., = cursus publicus, a public post, mail, Auct. Lim. p. 261 Goes.