run over Copy link Outline I. To drive over with a vehicle1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (lit. to trample on)2. expr. by equos (carpentum, etc.) agere per ...II. Fig. to treat lightly and summarily of1. percurro, cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 32. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (lit. to grazeIII. As a cup, to overflow • run over: I. To drive over with a vehicle: 1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (lit. to trample on): he ran over a child knowingly, puerum haud ignarus obtrivit, Suet. Ner. 5: v. to trample. 2. expr. by equos (carpentum, etc.) agere per ...: Liv. 1, 48. II. Fig. to treat lightly and summarily of: 1. percurro, cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 3: more fully, (res) oratione p., Cic. Div. 2, 46, med.: Virg. 2. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (lit. to graze: hence to touch a subject lightly): to r. over a subject rapidly, rem celeriter p., Cic. Ph. 2, 19, 47. Join: leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere [unamquamque rem], id. R. Am. 32, extr. III. As a cup, to overflow: sŭperfluo, 3: v. to overflow.
RUN OVER Copy link • RUN OVERPeruse hastily, percurrere. Drive over in a carriage, jumentis obterere aliquem. Nero whipped his horses and ran over a boy on purpose, Nero citatis jumentis puerum haud ignarus obtrivit (Suet., Ner., 5).