aliud cura
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “care about something else”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.li.ʊd ˈkuː.raː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.ud̪ ˈkuː.ra]
Phrase
- (colloquial) don’t worry, never mind, do not be concerned
- 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 2.1.235:
- Atqui reperiam: aliud cura.
- I’ll find one anyway: don’t worry.
- Atqui reperiam: aliud cura.
References
- “curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press