course (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Motion in some particular direction1. cursus, ūs (in most senses)2. lapsus, ūs (a gliding or flowing c.)3. tĕnor, ōris (a c. that is steadily kept on4. via, ĭterII. Stated and orderly method of proceedingIII. Plan or regulated proceeding1. rătio, ōnis, f.2. consĭlium3. instĭtūtum (a course resolved upon, deliberately adopted)IV. The place where a race is runV. A course of lecturesVI. Of medicineVII. In architectureVIII. Service of meatIX. In certain phr.a. in the course of1. de (with abl.)2. inter (with acc.b. of c., as a matter of c.1. contĭnuo2. scīlĭcet3. nīmīrum (= no doubt4. vĭdēlĭcet (iron.) • course (subs.): I. Motion in some particular direction: 1. cursus, ūs (in most senses): the c.s of the stars, stellarum c., Cic.: so of rivers, Cic.: Ov.: of ships at sea (esp. in phr. tenere cursum, to keep on their course, Caes.: Cic.): to direct one's c., c. dirigere, Nep.: to be driven out of it, cursu excuti, Virg. Fig.: the c. of the times, c. temporum, Cic. 2. lapsus, ūs (a gliding or flowing c.): the rapid c. of rivers, fluminum rapidi lapsus, Hor.: the stars proceed in a fixed c. and space, stellae certo l. spatioque feruntur, Cic.: to flow to the sea by its natural c. (of the water of the Alban lake), lapsu et cursu suo ad mare profluere, id. 3. tĕnor, ōris (a c. that is steadily kept on: cf. the phr. cursum tenere, supr.): the spear flies, and keeps its c., hasta volat, servatque t., Virg.: c. of life, vitae t., Ov. 4. via, ĭter: v. route, way: to direct one's c., iter dirigere, Cic.: to alter one's c., iter flectere, Virg.: also flectere viam velis, id. A. 5, 28. Fig.: the c. of our affection and my attentiveness, iter amoris nostri et officii mei, Cic. Att. 4, 2, init. Phr.: to direct one's c. towards, pĕto (with acc.): v. make for, go to: to run through one's c. of life, decurrere vitam, Tib.; also d. spatium vitae (for the figure is borrowed from the circus), Ov.: that c. of study, orbis ille doctrinae, Quint.: the whole c. of our industry, curriculum omne industriae nostrae, Cic. II. Stated and orderly method of proceeding: esp. in phr., in due course: ordĭnātim: to canvass for honours (offices) in the commonwealth in due c., honores ordinatim petere in republica, Cic.: so also, ex ordine, per ordinem, in ordine: each according to his precedence in age and rank gave his opinion in due c., ut quisque aetate et honore antecedebat, ita sententiam dixit ex ordine, Cic.: v. order (in). Out of c., extra ordinem: to decree a province to any one out of c., extra ord. decernere provinciam alicui, Cic.: the act of going through all public offices in due c., decursus honorum, Cic. III. Plan or regulated proceeding: 1. rătio, ōnis, f.: to resolve on a certain c., r. instituere, Pl.: more usu., r. inire, Caes.: to abandon a c., r. omittere, Caes.: my c. in speaking is accustomed to be as follows, mea r. in dicendo haec esse solet, Cic. 2. consĭlium: nor do I know what c. now to take, neque quid nunc consili capiam scio, Ter.: Cic.: v. plan. 3. instĭtūtum (a course resolved upon, deliberately adopted): to follow one's own c., instituto suo uti, Caes.: Cic. Phr.: to let a person take his own c., *permittere alicui ut ad arbitrium suum, ad libidinem suam agat, cf. supr. (I., fin.). IV. The place where a race is run: circus, spătium: v. race-course. V. A course of lectures: perh. *schŏlarum series: to deliver a c. of lectures, scholas habere, cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7. VI. Of medicine: cūrātio: v. treatment. VII. In architecture: c. of stonework, etc.: chŏrium, Vitr. VIII. Service of meat: Phr.: the first, second, and third c., coena prim, altera, tertia, Mart.: he used to give a dinner of three c.s, coenam ternis ferculis praebebat, Suet.: Juv. IX. In certain phr.: a. in the course of: 1. de (with abl.): only of time: in the c. of the night, de nocte, Caes.: Cic. (also abl. alone): v. in. 2. inter (with acc.: esp. before a gerund): in the c. of speaking, inter loquendum (also in sermone, e. g. injicere, to let fall in c. of conversation, Cic.): v. during. (N.B. Iter sermonis is the drift or line of reasoning in discourse or conversation: Cic. Leg., 1, 13, 37.) b. of c., as a matter of c.: 1. contĭnuo: (only in connection with a negative, or a question implying one): if I have mingled with a crew of assassins, I am not, therefore, as a matter of c., an assassin, non c., si me in gregem sicariorum contuli, sicarius, Cic.: if he is free from evil, does he, as a matter of c., enjoy the chiefest good? si malo careat, c.ne fruitur summo bono? Cic. 2. scīlĭcet: what says Naevius to this? he laughs, of c., at our folly, quid ad haec N.? ridet, scilicet, nostram amentiam, Cic.: your companions followed the maiden, of c.? comites secuti s. sunt virginem? Ter.: present my respects to my sister.--Of c.! gratulator meae sorori.--Scilicet! Plaut.: very often ironical: people trouble themselves a great deal about that, of c.! id populus curat s.! Ter.: v. forsooth. 3. nīmīrum (= no doubt: q. v.): very often iron.: Hor.: Juv. 4. vĭdēlĭcet (iron.): Cic.: v. doubtless.