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trans -curro, curri or cŭcurri (the former, Cic. Brut. 81, 282; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Liv. 40, 40, 7; Quint. 9, 3, 89; Sen. Contr. 1, 6, 10; the latter, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; Suet. Calig. 24; Curt. 6, 3, 16), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.

  1. I. To run over or across, to run, go, sail, etc., by or past.
    1. A. Lit. cito Transcurre curriculo ad nos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 43 sq.: hinc ad forum, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25: praeter oculos, Ov. M. 14, 359; cf.: praeter ora populi, Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96.
      Absol.: remos transcurrentes detergere, in sailing by, Caes. B. C. 1, 58: haud dubius, sine noxā transcursuros, si nemo se opponeret, Curt. 4, 13, 33; Val. Fl. 4, 615.
      Impers. pass.: captis propioribus castris in altera transcursum castra ab Romanis est, Liv. 25, 39, 7: in arcem transcurso opus est tibi, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17.
    2. B. Trop.: ne sine delectu temere in dissimilem rem, Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45: hic tamen ad melius poterit transcurrere quondam, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82: in prolem transcurrit gratia patrum, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 51; so, tempus, Petr. 136.
      Impers. pass.: praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, Vell. 2, 1, 1.
      1. 2. Of time, to pass by, elapse: patiar ergo aestatem inquietem transcurrere, Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2: cum tempus jam longum transcurreret, Gell. 5, 10, 7.
  2. II. To run, hasten, or pass through, to traverse.
    1. A. Lit.: per spatium, Lucr. 4, 192: per geminum tempus (harundo), Sil. 12, 414: cum transcucurrisset Campaniam, Suet. Calig. 24: reliquas trunci partes (umor), Col. 3, 10, 1: (luna) radios solis, id. 2, 10, 10: Hellespontum, Nep. Eum. 3, 3: tot montium juga transcucurrimus, Curt. 6, 3, 16: caelum (nimbus), Verg. A. 9. 111.
      In pass.: raptim transcursā primā porticu, App. M. 9, p. 217; id. Flor. 1, p. 520, 19.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen.: suum cursum, to run through, hasten to the end of one’s career, * Cic. Brut. 81, 282.
      2. 2. In partic., to run through or over in speaking, to treat cursorily, touch briefly upon: narrationem, Sen. Contr. 1, 2 med.: partem operis, Quint. 9, 3, 89: in quā (narratione) sciens transcurram subtiles nimium divisiones, pass over, id. 4, 2, 2; 10, 1, 19; 10, 5, 8.

2. transcursus, ūs, m. [transcurro] (post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit., a running, darting, or flying through: fulguris, a flash of lightning, Suet. Aug. 90: avibus maximis minimisque per aëra transcursus est, Sen. Q. N. 2, 7, 1.
  2. II. Trop., of speech, a running through or over, a brief touching upon, cursory mention: quanto omnia transcursu dicenda sint, Vell. 2, 55, 1: illud etiam in hoc transcursu dicendum est, id. 2, 99, 4; cf.: in hoc transcursu tam artati operis, id. 2, 86, 1; so, in transcursu, cursorily, by the way (cf. obiter), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39; 18, 13, 34, § 126; 19, 8, 44, § 154; Aug. in Psa. 57, 16.