excursus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin excursus (“excursion”). Doublet of excurse. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɝsəs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɜːsəs/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səs === Noun === excursus (plural excursuses or excursus) A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic. A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue. ==== Related terms ==== excursion == Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of excurrō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈskʊr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈskur.sus] === Participle === excursus (feminine excursa, neuter excursum); first/second-declension participle having been sent forth, hastened towards having been projected, extended ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: scorso Romanian: scurs Sicilian: scursu === Noun === excursus m (genitive excursūs); fourth declension excursion sally, sortie, raid ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== excursiō ==== Descendants ==== Italian: scorso → Catalan: excurs → English: excursus → Spanish: excurso === References === “excursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “excursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "excursus", 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) “excursus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.