curia

Borrowed from Latin curia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːɹi.ə/
• Rhymes: -uːɹiə

curia (plural curias or curiae)

1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
2. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
3. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice

• Curia
• curial
• curiate

• Cairu, auric, cauri

Borrowed from Latin cūria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: cù‧ria

curia f (plural curie)

1. diocese
2. the Curia
3. a professional association

• arcui, curai, urica

From Old Latin coviria (“male community”), from Proto-Italic *kowiriom. Analogous to co- + vir + -ia.

cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension

1. court
2. senate or meeting house
3. (Medieval Latin) council, senate

First-declension noun.

• (governing council): senatus, parlamentum (Medieval)

• curiālis
• curiātim

• → English: curia
• → French: curie
• → Italian: curia
• → Portuguese: cúria
• → Spanish: curia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of curium

• “curia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "curia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• curia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “curia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “curia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “curia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “curia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

curia

1. inflection of curiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

curia f

1. alternative spelling of curria

From Latin cūria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾja/ [ˈku.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: cu‧ria

curia f (plural curias)

1. curia

• “curia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024