curulis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
For *currūlis, from currus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈruː.lis/, [kʊˈruːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈru.lis/, [kuˈruːlis]
Adjective edit
curūlis (neuter curūle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to a chariot
- (as a noun, with implied "sella") the curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory, used by the consuls, praetors, and curule aediles, who hence received their name
- pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | curūlis | curūle | curūlēs | curūlia | |
| Genitive | curūlis | curūlium | |||
| Dative | curūlī | curūlibus | |||
| Accusative | curūlem | curūle | curūlēs curūlīs |
curūlia | |
| Ablative | curūlī | curūlibus | |||
| Vocative | curūlis | curūle | curūlēs | curūlia | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN