cursim Latin · revision 10213

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cursim''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an adverb from [[currō]] “to run”, with [[m|la|-tim]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨currō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*korse/o-|t=to run]], [[ine-pro|*ḱr̥s-e/o-|t=to run]], cognate with [[sga|carr|t=vehicle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Plautus' ''cursim currere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant at a run, quickly, swiftly, hastily, as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means hastily, quickly.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also in academic Latin, perhaps for “cursorily”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At a run, [[m|en|quickly]], [[m|en|hastily]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|cursorily|alt=Cursorily]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[currō]]

+ * [[cursus]]

+ * [[cursor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}