curculio
See also: Curculio
English
Etymology
Latin , a grain weevil.
Noun
curculio (plural curculios)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for curculio in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Alternative forms
- gurgulio (Post Classical)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”)[1]. Cognate with English shrink, and Latin carcer, curvus and cancer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kurˈku.li.oː/, [kʊrˈkʊ.li.oː]
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | curculiō | curculiōnēs |
| Genitive | curculiōnis | curculiōnum |
| Dative | curculiōnī | curculiōnibus |
| Accusative | curculiōnem | curculiōnēs |
| Ablative | curculiōne | curculiōnibus |
| Vocative | curculiō | curculiōnēs |
Descendants
- Galician: gurgullo
- Italian: curculione, gorgoglione
- Portuguese: gorgulho
- Spanish: gorgojo
References
- curculio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curculio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- curculio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- curculio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “curculio”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 314
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