incursus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of incurrō (run into; rush at; assail, attack).

Pronunciation

Noun

incursus m (genitive incursūs); fourth declension

  1. A running or dashing against; collision; assault, attack, onslaught.
    Synonyms: impetus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, impressiō, appetītus, concursus, occursĭo, oppugnātiō, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella
  2. An impulse, effort.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative incursus incursūs
genitive incursūs incursuum
dative incursuī incursibus
accusative incursum incursūs
ablative incursū incursibus
vocative incursus incursūs

Participle

incursus (feminine incursa, neuter incursum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Ran into, rushed at, having ran into or rushed at.
  2. Attacked, assailed, having attacked or assailed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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