procursus

prōcursus, ūs, m. [id.].

I.

Lit., a running forth or forwards; esp., in milit. lang., a sallying forth, charge, onset (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

procursu militum,

Liv. 22, 41:

faciles sternit procursibus herbas,

Stat. Th. 4, 787; Lucr. 2, 455.—

B.

Transf., a jutting out, projection (post-Aug.):

angulosus,

Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.—

II.

Trop. (postclass.):

initia procursusque virtutis patefacere,

the origin and first manifestations, Val. Max. 3, 2 init.:

irae, qui acerrimus esse solet,

the outbreak, id. 7, 3, ext. 6.