decursus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēcurrō.

Participle

dēcursus (feminine dēcursa, neuter dēcursum); first/second-declension participle

1. charged, skirmished
2. hastened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēcursus	dēcursa	dēcursum		dēcursī	dēcursae	dēcursa
Genitive	dēcursī	dēcursae	dēcursī		dēcursōrum	dēcursārum	dēcursōrum
Dative	dēcursō		dēcursō		dēcursīs
Accusative	dēcursum	dēcursam	dēcursum		dēcursōs	dēcursās	dēcursa
Ablative	dēcursō	dēcursā	dēcursō		dēcursīs
Vocative	dēcurse	dēcursa	dēcursum		dēcursī	dēcursae	dēcursa

Descendants

• Catalan: decurs
• Galician: decurso
• Italian: decorso
• Portuguese: decurso
• Spanish: decurso

References

• “decursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.