coero

Latin

Etymology

From coera +‎ , from Proto-Italic *kʷoizā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-.

Verb

coerō (present infinitive coerāre, perfect active coerāvī, supine coerātum); first conjugation (Old Latin)

  1. alternative form of cūrō
    • CIL 1.2504:
      Neptuni Hercolei coeraverunt / eisde(m) dedicaverunt Cn(aeo) Papeirio
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • CIL 3.7221:
      Flaminius L(uci) f(ilius) [refic]iunda coeravere M(arco) Aemilio Lepido Q(uinto) Lutatio Catulo co(n)s(ulibus)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

References

  • curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • J. N. Adams, Anna Chahoud, Giuseppe Pezzini, editor (2023), Early Latin: Constructs, Diversity, Reception[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53