Curius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ri.us/, [ˈkʊriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ri.us/, [ˈkuːrius]

Proper noun

Curius m sg (genitive Curiī or Curī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Manius Curius Dentatus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Curius
Genitive	Curiī Curī1
Dative	Curiō
Accusative	Curium
Ablative	Curiō
Vocative	Curī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Curia
• Curiānus

References

• “Curius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Curius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.