hurry (v.) Copy link Outline I. Intrans.1. festīno, prŏpĕro, 1 (neither necessarily implying blame)2. curro, cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (of any hasty movement)3. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with pron., refl., or in pass.4. ruo, i, rŭtum, 3 (to rush hurriedly, pell-mell)II. Trans.III. Also trans., to expedite greatly or unduly • hurry (v.): I. Intrans.: 1. festīno, prŏpĕro, 1 (neither necessarily implying blame): v. to hasten. 2. curro, cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (of any hasty movement): he h.'d to Puteoli, cucurrit Puteolos, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: Liv. 3. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with pron., refl., or in pass.: to h. along; go hurriedly): whither are you h.ing? quo hinc te agis? Ter. Andr. 4, 2, 25: whither the whole multitude was h.ing alarmed, quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur, Liv. 10, 29, med. 4. ruo, i, rŭtum, 3 (to rush hurriedly, pell-mell): whither are ye h.ing? quo ruitis? Hor. Epod. 7, 1, med. II. Trans.: to force rapidly or violently along: răpio, ui, ptum, 3: whither are ye h.ing me? quo me rapitis? Pl. Men. 5, 7, 10: to h. any one before the praetor, r. aliquem in jus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 77: vengeance h.s him through the midst of carnage, per medias r. ira caedes, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 12. Fig.: to be h.'d far away from home (in thought), longe a domo rapi, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, init. Frequent. rapto, to h. along or violently: he is h.'d along at the will of the horses, arbitrio raptatur equorum, Ov. M. 2, 234. III. Also trans., to expedite greatly or unduly: expr. by advv. festīnanter, raptim, cĭto: v. hurriedly. (Virg. has properare in this sense, G. 1, 260: cf. Macr. Sat. 6, 8, med., where it is stated to signify coactius et festinantius facere aliquid: festinare with acc. is poet.: v. to hasten.) Phr.: do not h. the beasts too much, *jumentis ne insta nimis neve urge: v. to urge on.