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..."- L
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..." - M
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..."
