The corpus record — Latin

incursus2

Part., from incurro

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Where it lives

De Constantia 2 · 3.78/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 2 · 3.24/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
De Bello Civili 5 · 1.55/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. incursus — Lewis & Short

incursus, a, um,

Part., from incurro.

2. incursus — Lewis & Short

incursus, ūs, m.incurro,

I a running against, an assault, attack (class.).

I Lit.: ceterorum tela atque incursus refugit, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: equitum incursus sustinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 4: primo statim incursu, at the first onset, Liv. 2, 25, 4.—

B Transf., of inanim. things, a rushing or dashing against (mostly poet.): undarum, Ov. M. 11, 497; cf. aquarum, id. ib. 11, 731: pluviarum, Col. 4, 17: tempestatum, Quint. 10, 7, 3: sanguinis, Luc. 7, 700: solis, of the sunbeams, Col. 1, 6, 22.—

II Trop., an impulse, effort: incursus animus varios habet, has or entertains different impulses, plans, Ov. M. 9, 152.

Where it came from

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