noun

excursor

gen. excursōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

excurro, I. A. b..

A skirmisher; scout; spy •

A skirmisher, scout, spy: paratissimus pro nobis, Val. Max. 7, 3, 7: istius excursor et emissarius, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22.—

by extension

Transf.: excursores venti habentur, qui directo spiritu proflant, App. de Mundo, p. 62, 20 (p. 259 Bip.).—

In gen., i. q. cursor, Inscr. ap. Don. 315, 7.

Perseus ID: n16755 Key: excursor