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cursus.

running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel); course/direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage/passage; race; career; series; |lesson;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʊr.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkur.sus]
  1. the act of running; race

    declension-4 · masculine
  2. Course, way, passage, journey, voyage, march

    declension-4 · masculine
  3. Course, progress, direction, development, succession, passage, tendency; career

    declension-4 · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -sus Latin cursus From currō + -sus (action noun).

verb[ˈkʊr.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkur.sus]
  1. run, having been run

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  2. travelled through, traversed, ran, having been traversed

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of currō (“run”).

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