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percursio

percursio, a running through, hastening over, rapid survey

percursĭo, ōnis, f. [percurro], a running through or over; trop.,
  • I A rapid or hasty thinking over a thing: propter animi multarum rerum brevi tempore percursionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31.—
  • II Rhet., a rapid or hasty passing over a subject: huic (commorationi) contraria saepe percursio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202.

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