curiosos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curiosus, curiosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
careful, diligent, painstaking; attentive; fussy; meddlesome, interfering;; labored/elaborate/complicated; eager to know, curious, inquisitive; careworn;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →curiosus, curiosi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
spy, one who is prying; scout; informer; class of secret spys; secret police;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...subinde quaeris. Dicam simpliciter tibi roganti: pedicant, Philomuse, curiosos. LXIV Nescio tam multis quid scribas, Fauste, puellis..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ingerunt nobis, quae alio atque alio occurrentes loco curiosos nos esse cogunt, qui matutini uespertinique ortus sint, quae..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Reperiam multos, vel innumerabilis potius, non tam curiosos nec tam molestos, quam vos estis, quibus, quid velim, facile..."
