The Latin word 'cursus' can be generally translated into English as 'course'. The word derives from currere, to run. It may be applied, for example, to a course of study or of medical treatment or to a race-course. Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Roman race-course.

At its simplest, the Roman race-course took the form of two posts; each called a discrimen, round which the runners, whether on foot, on horses or in chariots, raced. The normal arrangement was more formalised as two straights, separated but very close to each other and with a very tight turn at each turning point. It was the similarity in appearance of this Roman cursus to the Neolithic archaeological feature which led 18th century antiquarians to use the same name for the latter. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... Chariot was the name of a WW2 naval weapon, the British manned torpedo. ... Cursus was a name given by early British archaeologists such as William Stukeley to the large parallel lengths of banks with external ditches which they thought were early athletics tracks. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

This combination of straight and tight turn combined the thrills of speed on the straights with those of danger as collisions and falls were likely on the turns. Speed (symbol: v) is the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change of position, expressed as distance d moved per unit of time t. ...