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
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...gaudium contaminet vita aegritudine aliqua. sed neminemne curiosum intervenire nunc mihi qui me sequatur quoquo eam, rogitando obtundat..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...primis Quartilla per rimam improbe diductam adplicuerat oculum curiosum, lusumque puerilem libidinosa speculabatur diligentia. Me quoque ad idem..."