cursorius

cursōrĭus, a, um, adj. [curro], of or pertaining to running or to a race-course (late Lat.).

• I Adj.: terminus, Front. Colon. p. 141 Goes.—
• II Subst.
• • A cursōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a yacht, cutter, Sid. Ep. 1, 5.—
  • B cursōrĭum, ĭi, n., = cursus publicus, a public post, mail, Auct. Lim. p. 261 Goes.

cursōrius (cursūrius), a, um (curro), zum Laufen gehörig, Läufer –, Gallicae cursuriae (Art Schuhe), Edict. Diocl. 9, 14: c. spatula, Gromat. vet. 341, 13: terminus, ibid. 241, 9 u. ö. – subst., a) cursōria, ae, f. (sc. navis), das Jachtschiff, Postschiff, Sidon. epist. 1, 5, 3. – b) cursōrium, ī, n., der an der Grenze hinlaufende Weg, Gromat. vet. 342, 1 u.a.

cursorius [LL], ~arius 1 concerned w. running, (as sb. f.) faculty of running. ut ~oria est qualitas hujusmodi ad currendum‥, unde dicuntur‥cursores, non quia‥currant set quia possunt bene de sui natura hoc facere Bacon XV 227. 2 a swift-running (of animal). b (as sb. m.) courser, charger; cf. cursor 2. c courser, (kind of) quail. d moving, rotary (of millstone). e (as sb. f.) swift ship; cf. cursatrix. a s1177 [Saladinus] camelum ascendit ~orium Diceto YH 424; s1192 novo ceperunt nostri sollicitari labore pro coadunandis camelis ~ariis et dromedariis‥, quod nunquam animal aliud tante videbatur velocitatis Itin. Ric. VI 5; 1291 in empcione †quarundam dextrariorum ~oriorum pro rege et militibus (Pipe Chanc.) Oxnead Chr. app. 334; 1314 pro equis magnis ~oriis‥emptis RGasc IV 1225; allata sunt [Ethelstano]‥regalia‥, preter equos ~orios‥phaleratos Croyl. 38 (cf. (v. cursor 2b)).  b 1290 custodi magnorum equorum regis et ~oriorum AcWardr (Chanc. Misc. 4/5) f. 2 (cf. ib. f. 44v: Garsie de Ispann’ custodienti quemdam ~arium ferr[andum] quem regina dedit regi); 1290 x ~arios‥ad opus nostrum‥emit RGasc II 563; 1340 scutifero‥presentanti domino regi‥unum ~orium badium AcWardr (TRBk. 203) f. 299; 1390 pro albo ~ero domini sanando Ac. H. Derby 64 (cf. ib. 94: pro ~erio domini); 1426 lego‥unum de ~ariis meis vocatum Dunne Reg. Cant. II 362; 1429 cum meliori ~ario meo‥nomine mortuarii mei Test. Ebor. II 16; 1483 a cowrssor, admissarius, ~arius CathA.  c coturnices vulgari Romano curceros vocamus a veloci cursu Upton 180.  d 1270 in una mola ~oria ad molendinum empta, xxv s. MinAc 1118/17 r. 5d..  e s1189 applicuerunt ibi naves et buscie plusquam quingente, exceptis galeis et ~ariis, que multe fuerunt G. Ric. I 95. 3 (as sb. m.) corsair. 1234 quia ~arii et pyrate nimis impediunt subsidium Terre Sancte (Lit. Papae) M. Par. Maj. III 285. 4 (as sb. m.) courier. Cf. cursor 1b. 1326 in vadio unius ~orii euntis in Ile pro equis ExchScot 57. 5 a (of coin) current; cf. currere 9. b (of malt) ordinary, in regular use; cf. cursalis 2c. c (?) allotted in turn; cf. cursorie. d (of writ or sim.) granted as a matter of course. e (as sb. m.) clerk writing writs ‘of course’ cursitor; cf. cursista. a si quis vic. nummos attulisset‥, et viderentur de novo facti, non usuales vel ~orii Dial. Scac. I 6K.  b 1235 de brasio ~ario (v. bracium c).  c 1398 competenter legere et versiculum ~orium cantare scientes Lit. Cant. III 68.  d ex gracia ~oria concedatur sibi ‘pone’ Hengham Magna 9; brevia ~oria Fleta 78 (v. brevis 11).  e in hac curia [de Banco] sunt clerici prenotarii et ~arii, qui placita irrotulant et brevia faciunt judicialia Fleta 86; s1468 damnati sunt‥, Johanne Nayler, ~ario Cancellarie Henrici VI, excepto W. Worc. Ann. 782. 6 (acad.) ‘cursory’ (w. ref. to informal lectures, assigned to bachelors etc. as part of their course). Cf. cursorie c, cursus 10b. (cf.StatOx lxxxv; StatCantab 123). a1350 (v. audientia 1d); 1407 (v. auditio b).

cursōrĭus, a, um, de course, relatif à la course : Grom. 240, 5 || cursōrĭa, æ, f. , bateau léger, bateau-poste : Sid. Ep. 1, 5, 3.