Literary notes about Curr (AI summary)
The term "curr" displays remarkable versatility in literary and scholarly texts. In one sense, it functions as a classical verb form, with derivations such as currō, prō-currō, and discurrō—meanings that range from 'to run' to movement in various directions ([1], [2], [3]). In another context, "Curr" appears as a surname, notably associated with ethnographic works on Australian Aboriginal cultures, providing crucial insights into indigenous customs and languages ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, the word takes on a playful, onomatopoetic aspect when used in lyrical passages and nursery rhymes, evoking a rhythmic, almost musical quality ([7], [8], [9]). Together, these diverse usages illustrate the word's layered meanings and its capacity to traverse both academic discourse and popular literature.
- The Verb Stem is reduplicated by prefixing the initial consonant with the following vowel or e ; as,— currō , Perfect cu-currī .
— from New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett - dē—dēcurrō, ere, (cu)curri, cursum , to run down, hasten down .
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond - dis—discurrō, ere, (cu)currī, cursum , to run in different directions ; wander, roam .
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond - E. M. Curr, The Australian Race (Melbourne and London, 1886), i. 348, 381.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12) by James George Frazer - Curr says: [236] "Amongst Australians there is no community of women.
— from The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study by Bronislaw Malinowski - Here we met Mr. Curr, the Company's Superintendent, who was absent during our first visit.
— from Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed DuringThe Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43.By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a NarrativeOf Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by John Lort Stokes - CURR dhoo, curr dhoo, Love me, and I'll love you!
— from The Nursery Rhyme Book - Away she hies to Susan Gale: And Johnny's in a merry tune, The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth - “Curr-a-coo—curr-a-coo,” said the pigeons.
— from Wild Adventures round the Pole
Or, The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables