Latin

Participle

concursus m ‎(feminine concursa, neuter concursum); first/second declension

1. flocked
2. concurred
3. coincided

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

From concurrō ‎(“I run together, flock”) +‎ -tus ‎(noun formation suffix). Compare concursiō derived from the same verb.

Noun

concursus m ‎(genitive concursūs); fourth declension

1. a convergence of people; an assembly
2. an uproar, tumult
3. (of troops) an attack, charge
4. (figurative) an assault
5. (of objects) a union, conjunction, combination

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• English: concourse
• French: concours
• Italian: concorso
• Spanish: concurso

References

• concursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• concursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONCURSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “concursus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • much damage was done by this collision: ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum