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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.
  1. 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
  2. dē—dēcurrō, ere, (cu)curri, cursum , to run down, hasten down .
    — from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond
  3. dis—discurrō, ere, (cu)currī, cursum , to run in different directions ; wander, roam .
    — from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond
  4. 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
  5. Curr says: [236] "Amongst Australians there is no community of women.
    — from The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study by Bronislaw Malinowski
  6. 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
  7. CURR dhoo, curr dhoo, Love me, and I'll love you!
    — from The Nursery Rhyme Book
  8. 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
  9. “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

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