run (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Act of running or sailingII. Success of a playIII. Of a rabbit, hare, etc. • run (subs.): I. Act of running or sailing: expr. by verb: they had a good r. for it, *summa virium contentione currendum erat: the r. was too long for their strength, *longius quam pro viribus excurrendum erat: we made a capital r. to Corcyra, Corcyram bellissime navigavimus, Cic. Fam. 16, 9. II. Success of a play: the play had a good r., *saepius (et cum summo plausu) fabula relata est, in scenam reposita est: cf. Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 7: Hor. A. P. 190. III. Of a rabbit, hare, etc.: perh. *cuniculorum (leporum, etc.) iter; locus ubi cuniculi, etc. meare (permeare) solent.