I.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.