accursus Latin · revision 33305

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=ine-pro *krs-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accursus''' ''m'' (genitive ''accursūs''); fourth declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Manuscripts mostly spell it ''adcursus''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|accurrō|-tus|t1=to run up]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|accurrō]] is a compound of [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|currō|t=to run]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*korse/o-|t=to run]] and [[ine-pro|*krs-e/o-|t=to run]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ovid has it of the running up of Remus;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates it from Tacitus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a running or rushing up, to see or to help:^(OLD 2012) Valerius Maximus has someone hoping to escape a threatening danger by another's quick arrival.^(OLD 2012) Statius has companions running up, Tacitus the people and the provinces rushing to a place, and Seneca citizens.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also an attack or onset: Pliny the Elder admires how watchful and ready a spider's rush is when prey falls into its web.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of Remus running up.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, of a spider's rush on its prey.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of crowds rushing up.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A running or rushing up, to see or to [[m|en|help]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An [[m|en|attack]], [[m|en|onset]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accurrō]]

+ * [[currō]]

+ * [[concursus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}