rush Copy link Outline 1. impĕtus, ūs2. incursus, ūs3. incursio. Join4. concursus, ūs (a general r.) • rush, or rushing (subs.): 1. impĕtus, ūs: with a great r., magno impetu, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: having made a r., impetu capto, Liv. 8, 30. 2. incursus, ūs: the r. of waters, incursus undarum, Ov. Met. 11, 496. 3. incursio. Join: incursio atque impetus armatorum, Cic. Caec. 15, 44. 4. concursus, ūs (a general r.): a r. is made to the praetorium, fit c. ad praetorium, Caes. B. C. 1, 76: a r. having been made from all the camp, c. ex totis castris facto, Liv. 25, 39. Phr.: they took to flight with a r., praecipites fugae sese mandabant, Caes. B. G. 2., 24: r. of blood, prōflŭvium sanguinis. Lucr. 6, 1203: to make a r.: v. next art.
rushing (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. praeceps, cĭpĭtis2. torrens • rushing (adj.): 1. praeceps, cĭpĭtis: r. (in waterfalls) Anio, pr. Anio, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 13: r. Boreas, pr. Boreas, Ov. Met. 2, 185. 2. torrens: r. streams, t. flumina, Virg. Ecl. 7, 52: like r. water, torrentis aquae more, id. Aen. 10, 603.