cursim

Forms

cursim (not comparable)^[1]

Etymology

It is an adverb from currō “to run”, with -tim.^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨currō⟩ to Proto-Italic *korse/o- (“to run”), Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-e/o- (“to run”), cognate with Old Irish carr (“vehicle”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short cite Plautus' cursim currere.^[4] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant at a run, quickly, swiftly, hastily, as in Plautus and Cicero.^[2][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it means hastily, quickly.^[6] British Medieval Latin used it also in academic Latin, perhaps for “cursorily”.^[7]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[4][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. At a run, quickly, hastily.^[2][4]
2. (Medieval Latin) Cursorily.^[7]

Related words

• currō
• cursus
• cursor

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press