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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
- A running or dashing against; collision; assault, attack, onslaught.
- Synonyms: impetus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, impressiō, appetītus, concursus, occursĭo, oppugnātiō, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella
- An impulse, effort.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Participle
incursus (feminine incursa, neuter incursum); first/second-declension participle
- Ran into, rushed at, having ran into or rushed at.
- 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.