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Dictionary entries

  • curio, (gen.), curionis:

    Adjective · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Age:
    Early

    = lean, emaciated; wasted by sorrow; (pun on curiosus);

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m./f.)
    nom. pl. (m./f.)
    voc. pl. (m./f.)
  • curio, curionis:

    Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Religion
    Geography:
    Italy/Rome

    = priest presiding over a curia; crier/herald; [~ maximus => chief of this sect];

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber II

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...accipiant, quibus pro se loqui non licet: epigrammata curione non egent et contenta sunt sua, id est mala..."
  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...concitata in utramque partem nutatio, quam in curione patre inrisit et Iulius, quaerens quis in luntre loqueretur..."
  • G

    Liber II

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...Massiliensibusque subsidio missus, freto Siciliae imprudente atque inopinante Curione pervehitur appulsisque Messanam navibus atque inde propter repentinum terrorem..."
  • P

    Dialogus de Oratoribus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works

    "...oratione valuisse; Lentulos et Metellos et Lucullos et Curiones et ceteram procerum manum multum in his studiis operae..."

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