curia
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curia (plural curias or curiae)
- (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
- (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
- (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
Related terms edit
Translations edit
any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curia f (plural curie)
- diocese
- the Curia
- a professional association
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From coviria (“male community”), analogous to com- + vir.
Noun edit
cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cūria | cūriae |
Genitive | cūriae | cūriārum |
Dative | cūriae | cūriīs |
Accusative | cūriam | cūriās |
Ablative | cūriā | cūriīs |
Vocative | cūria | cūriae |
Synonyms edit
- (governing council): senatus, parlamentum (Medieval)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
see curium.
Noun edit
curia
References edit
- “curia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- curia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “curia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “curia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “curia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “curia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Sicilian edit
Noun edit
curia f
- Alternative spelling of curria
Spanish edit
Noun edit
curia f (plural curias)
Further reading edit
- “curia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014