transcursus

1.

transcursus, a, um, Part. of transcurro.

2.

transcursus, ūs, m. [transcurro] (post-Aug.).

I.

Lit., a running, darting, or flying through:

fulguris,

a flash of lightning, Suet. Aug. 90:

avibus maximis minimisque per aëra transcursus est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 7, 1.—

II.

Trop., of speech, a running through or over, a brief touching upon, cursory mention:

quanto omnia transcursu dicenda sint,

Vell. 2, 55, 1:

illud etiam in hoc transcursu dicendum est,

id. 2, 99, 4; cf.:

in hoc transcursu tam artati operis,

id. 2, 86, 1; so, in transcursu, cursorily, by the way (cf. obiter), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 39; 18, 13, 34, § 126; 19, 8, 44, § 154; Aug. in Psa. 57, 16.