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Bookmark or Share- Cursus honorum - LiviusCursus honorum. Cursus honorum: the "sequence of offices" in the career of a Roman politician. In the late sixth century BCE, Rome became a republic and was, by definition, ruled by magistrates. The most important of these were the consuls and the praetors; the aediles and the quaestors occupied occupied positions of lesser importance.
- cursus, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English DictionaryThere are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun cursus. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. cursus has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. archaeology (mid 1700s) religion (mid 1700s) education (mid 1700s) literature (1900s)
- cursus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary(rare) A course; a journey or progression. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 574: His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage.· (archaeology) A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic ...
- Cursus (classical) - WikipediaCursus (classical) The Latin word ' cursus' can be generally translated into English as 'course'. The word derives from currere, to run. It may be applied, for example, to a course of study or of medical treatment or to a race-course.
- Cursus Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of CURSUS is movement or flow of style; specifically : a pattern of cadence at the end of a sentence or phrase in medieval Latin prose which aimed by varying rhythm to avoid stressing the ultimate syllable.
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