curiosus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuː.riˈoː.sus/
Adjective
cūriōsus (feminine cūriōsa, neuter cūriōsum); first/second declension
- Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted.
- Elaborate, complicated.
- That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasted, lean.
- (in a good sense) Curious, inquisitive.
- (in a bad sense) Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive.
- (substantive) One who pries; a spy or scout; secret police, informer.
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | cūriōsus | cūriōsa | cūriōsum | cūriōsī | cūriōsae | cūriōsa | |
Genitive | cūriōsī | cūriōsae | cūriōsī | cūriōsōrum | cūriōsārum | cūriōsōrum | |
Dative | cūriōsō | cūriōsae | cūriōsō | cūriōsīs | cūriōsīs | cūriōsīs | |
Accusative | cūriōsum | cūriōsam | cūriōsum | cūriōsōs | cūriōsās | cūriōsa | |
Ablative | cūriōsō | cūriōsā | cūriōsō | cūriōsīs | cūriōsīs | cūriōsīs | |
Vocative | cūriōse | cūriōsa | cūriōsum | cūriōsī | cūriōsae | cūriōsa |
Derived terms
- cūriōsē
- cūriōsitās
- cūriōsulus
- incūriōsus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- curiosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curiosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- curiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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