Curio
See also: curio
Latin
Etymology
From cūriō (“tha master of a curia”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.ri.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.ri.o]
Proper noun
Cūriō m sg (genitive Cūriōnis); third declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman consul
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cūriō |
| genitive | Cūriōnis |
| dative | Cūriōnī |
| accusative | Cūriōnem |
| ablative | Cūriōne |
| vocative | Cūriō |
Derived terms
- Cūriōniānus
References
- “Curio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Curio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.