decursus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēcurrō.

Noun

dēcursus m (genitive dēcursūs); fourth declension

1. running down, downward course, descent; declivity

   Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō

   Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus

2. (military) hostile attack

   Synonyms: impetus, concursus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, oppugnātiō, appetītus, incursus, occursĭo, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcursus	dēcursūs
genitive	dēcursūs	dēcursuum
dative	dēcursuī	dēcursibus
accusative	dēcursum	dēcursūs
ablative	dēcursū	dēcursibus
vocative	dēcursus	dēcursūs

Participle

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

1. charged, skirmished
2. hastened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēcursus	dēcursa	dēcursum		dēcursī	dēcursae	dēcursa
genitive	dēcursī	dēcursae	dēcursī		dēcursōrum	dēcursārum	dēcursōrum
dative	dēcursō	dēcursae	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
• Romanian: decurs
• 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.
• decursus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication