excursus

  • 21excursus — [vc. lat., propriamente «scorreria», dal part. pass. di excŭrrere «correre fuori»] s. m. inv. divagazione, digressione, scorribanda (fig.) …

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  • 22excursus — n. [L.] Dissertation, disquisition, discussion (entered by way of appendix) …

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  • 23excursus — ex·cur·sus …

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  • 24excursus — ex•cur•sus [[t]ɛkˈskɜr səs[/t]] n. pl. sus•es, sus 1) a detailed discussion of some point in a book, esp. one added as an appendix 2) a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative • Etymology: 1795–1805; < L: a running out, sally,… …

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  • 25excursus —   n. lengthy discussion, especially appended to book; digression.    ♦ excursive, a. digressive, rambling …

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  • 26excursus — A running out; a departure; a deviation a frolic of one s own. Bugge v Brown (Austr) 26 deviation; 26 CLR 110 …

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  • 27excursus — n. 1 a detailed discussion of a special point in a book, usu. in an appendix. 2 a digression in a narrative. Etymology: L, verbal noun formed as EXCURSION …

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  • 28excurs — EXCÚRS, excursuri, s.n. (livr.) 1. Abatere, deviere de la subiect pentru a lămuri o problemă secundară; digresiune. 2. Dizertaţie sub formă de digresiune, făcută cu ocazia comentării unui pasaj dintr un autor (antic). – Din lat. excursus. Trimis… …

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  • 29History of the Peloponnesian War — The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who… …

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  • 30Digression — « Mais si vous m interrompez, lecteur, et si je m interromps moi même à tout coup, que deviendront les amours de Jacques ? Croyez moi, laissons là le poète... L hôte et l hôtesse s éloignèrent... Non, non, l histoire du poète de… …

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