trans -curro — Lewis & Short
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;I
the latter,Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96; Suet. Calig. 24; Curt. 6, 3, 16), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.
I To run over or across, to run, go, sail, etc., by or past.
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.—
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.—
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.—
II To run, hasten, or pass through, to traverse.
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.—
B Trop.
1 In gen.: suum cursum, to run through, hasten to the end of one's career, * Cic. Brut. 81, 282. —
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.