cursus

== 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. (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 ==== Related terms ==== cursist == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin cursus m. Doublet of cours m and course f. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kyʁ.sys/ === Noun === cursus m (invariable) course (learning program) === Further reading === “cursus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkur.sus] === Etymology 1 === From 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 ===== cursārius cursuālis ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === 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, 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “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