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rush on

rush on, or into:

1. irruo, 3: when they r. into evil knowingly, quum in mala scientes irruunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 29: Decius r.'d into the midst of the host, in mediam aciem irruebat, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61 Aeneas r.s on, Aeneas irruit, Virg. Aen. 10, 579.

2. infĕror, 3, irr.: he r.s into the midst of the fires, in medios ignes infertur, Liv. 4, 33. So, infero with acc. of refl. pron.: that no one should r. into danger of his life, ne quis se in vitae discrimen inferret, Cic. Balb. 10, 25: the Etruscans r.'d on with such violence, adeo concitato impetu se intulerunt, Liv 2, 14.

3. injĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 with acc. of refl. pron.: I had heard that men of high renown had r.'d into the midst of the enemy, clarissimos viros se in medios hostes ... injecisse, Auct. Dom. 24, 64.

4. incĭto, 1: with acc. of refl. pron.: others r. from the camp, alii ex castris sese incitant, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: when the tide had r.'d in from the deep, quum ex alto se aestus incitavisset, id. B. G. 3, 12.

5. invŏlo, 1: Squillus r.s on Longinus, Longinum Squillus involat, Hirt. Alex. 52.

6. incurso, 1: I will r on you with fists, incursabo (te) pugnis, Pl. Rud. 3, 4, 17: to r. on the enemy, incursare in hostem, Liv. 8, 38.

7. occurso, 1: Varenus r.s upon him with his sword, occursat gladio, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.

8. irrumpo, rūpi, ruptum: he r.s on that part of the enemy, in eam (partem) irrumpit, ib.: v. TO ATTACK.

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