incursus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of incurrō (“run into; rush at; assail, attack”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈkur.sus/, [ɪŋˈkʊrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkur.sus/, [iŋˈkursus]

Noun

incursus m (genitive incursūs); fourth declension

1. A running or dashing against; collision; assault, attack, onslaught.

   Synonyms: impetus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, impressiō, appetītus, concursus, occursĭo, oppugnātiō, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella

2. An impulse, effort.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	incursus	incursūs
Genitive	incursūs	incursuum
Dative	incursuī	incursibus
Accusative	incursum	incursūs
Ablative	incursū	incursibus
Vocative	incursus	incursūs

Participle

incursus (feminine incursa, neuter incursum); first/second-declension participle

1. Ran into, rushed at, having ran into or rushed at.
2. Attacked, assailed, having attacked or assailed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	incursus	incursa	incursum		incursī	incursae	incursa
Genitive	incursī	incursae	incursī		incursōrum	incursārum	incursōrum
Dative	incursō		incursō		incursīs
Accusative	incursum	incursam	incursum		incursōs	incursās	incursa
Ablative	incursō	incursā	incursō		incursīs
Vocative	incurse	incursa	incursum		incursī	incursae	incursa

References

• “incursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incursus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• incursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.