Curio

See also: curio

Latin

Etymology

From cūriō (“tha master of a curia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ri.oː/, [ˈkuːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ri.o/, [ˈkuːrio]

Proper noun

Cūriō m sg (genitive Cūriōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cūriō
genitive	Cūriōnis
dative	Cūriōnī
accusative	Cūriōnem
ablative	Cūriōne
vocative	Cūriō

Derived terms

• Cūriōniānus

References

• “Curio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Curio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.