excursus
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin excursus ‘excursion’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪkˈskɜːsəs/
Noun [edit]
excursus (plural excursuses or excursus)
- A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
- A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
- 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin 2001, p. 204:
- Here is what us scholars call an excursus. If you are an honest man the following page or two can be of no possible interest to you.
- 2007, Glen Bowersock, ‘Provocateur’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 16:
- In his excursus on the Jewish people at the opening of the fifth book of his Histories [...], Tacitus was at a loss to uncover any deep cause for the war that broke out in 66.
- 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin 2001, p. 204:
Related terms [edit]
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
excursus (genitive excursūs); m, fourth declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | excursus | excursūs |
| genitive | excursūs | excursuum |
| dative | excursuī | excursibus |
| accusative | excursum | excursūs |
| ablative | excursū | excursibus |
| vocative | excursus | excursūs |
