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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cursus. Doublet of course and cour.
Noun
cursus (plural cursuses or (both rare) cursus or cursūs or (nonstandard) cursi)
- (rare) A course; a journey or progression.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 574:His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage.
- (archaeology) A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic Britain and Ireland.
- A racecourse.
- An academic curriculum.
- A form of daily prayer or service.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cursus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʏr.zʏs/
- Hyphenation: cur‧sus
Noun
cursus m (plural cursussen, diminutive cursusje n)
- an educational course, on its own or as part of an academic or evening school curriculum
- the documentation associated with a course, usually compiled by teachers themselves
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cursus m. Doublet of cours m and course f.
Pronunciation
Noun
cursus m (plural cursus)
- course (learning program)
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
currō + -sus (action noun)
Noun
cursus m (genitive cursūs); fourth declension
- The act of running; race.
- Course, way, passage, journey, voyage, march
- (figuratively) Course, progress, direction, development, succession, passage, tendency; career
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of currō (“run”).
Participle
cursus (feminine cursa, neuter cursum, adverb cursim); first/second-declension participle
- (of a race, journey) run, having been run
- travelled through, traversed, ran, having been traversed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “cursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cursus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run till one is out of breath: cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1)
- (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
- (ambiguous) to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
- (ambiguous) to set one's course for a place: cursum dirigere aliquo
- (ambiguous) to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)
- (ambiguous) to finish one's voyage: cursum conficere (Att. 5. 12. 1)
- “cursus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cursus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin