noun

excursor

gen. excursōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

excurro, I. A. b..

A skirmisher; scout; spy •

A skirmisher, scout, spy: paratissimus pro nobis, Val. Max. 7, 3, 7: istius excursor et emissarius, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22.—

excursores venti habentur, qui directo spiritu proflant, App. de Mundo, p. 62,… by extension

Transf.: excursores venti habentur, qui directo spiritu proflant, App. de Mundo, p. 62, 20 (p. 259 Bip.).—

i. q. cursor, Inscr. ap. Don. 315, 7. in general

In gen., i. q. cursor, Inscr. ap. Don. 315, 7.

Perseus ID: n16755 Key: excursor