curiosum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...gaudium contaminet vita aegritudine aliqua. sed neminemne curiosum intervenire nunc mihi qui me sequatur quoquo eam, rogitando obtundat..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sollicitudinis et habet aliquid concepti pavoris quod illum curiosum facit, ut ait Vergilius noster: et me, quem dudum..."de Otio
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...exquirere, antiquitates euoluere, mores barbararum audire gentium. 3. Curiosum nobis natura ingenium dedit et artis sibi ac pulchritudinis..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...primis Quartilla per rimam improbe diductam adplicuerat oculum curiosum, lusumque puerilem libidinosa speculabatur diligentia. Me quoque ad idem..."