1. s. (a plant), juncus: scirpus (γρῖπος or γρῖφος, of grassy nature). Made of rushs, junceus or juncinus; scirpeus: full of or abounding in rushs, juncosus: a spot grown all over with rushs, juncetum: to make of rushs, e junco texere. Anything is not worth a rush, nihili esse. Not to think anything worth a rush, non unius assis aestimare: a rush-light, lucerna cubicularia (Mart. 14, 39). To use or burn anything instead of a rush-light, aliquid in usum nocturni luminis urere (☞ nocturnum lumen = a light during the night). To work by a rush-light, or by candle-light in general, lucubrare: elucubrare.
2. s. (a driving forward), incursio: incursus: impetus (of an attack). At the first rush or onset, primo incursu: primo impetu. A rush of waters, auctus aquarum [Vid: also, CONCOURSE]: to make a rush at anybody, incurrere or irrumpere in aliquem: irruere, or incursare, or impetum facere in aliquem.
3. v. ferri (to move quickly): rapide ferri (rapidly, e.g., of a river, etc.): sublime ferri (in an upward direction from below): praecipitem ire: praecipitari (down from a height): praecipitem devolvi (down from or through a rock, per saxa, of a river): to rush at anybody, incurrere or irrumpere in aliquem: to rush forth, effundere (of water): evomere: eructare (of flames); also, prorumpi: prorumpere (to burst out): profundi: se profundere (to stream forth: all four of men and things; e.g., tears, etc.). To rush out of the gates, se proripere porta foras: to rush forth from out of the ranks, equo citato evehi extra aciem. To rush forth from the ambush, ex insidiis subito consurgere: to rush out, avolare: aufugere: se proripere (impetuously, or in great haste; also, with ex, etc.): to rush in, irruere (to run into) or irrumpere (to break into, in, etc.; e.g., into the town, in urbem): praecipitem dare or praecipitare in aliquid (to precipitate into). To rush into anything: e.g., into the flames, the ranks of the enemy, etc., se injicere in ignem, in medios hostes; also, se immittere in aliquid: equum immittere or permittere in aliquid; e.g., in medios hostes (the latter if on horseback); also, incidere in aliquid or alicui rei (e.g., into the open gates, patentibus portis): se offerre, se inferre (e.g., into danger): The crowd that was rushing into the circus, infusus populus.