verbfirst conjugation
cūrō
cūrō (present infinitive cūrāre, perfect active cūrāvī, supine cūrātum)
Classical[ˈkuː.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkuː.ro]
cūrāns pres. act. ptcp.№ 743 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to
Rōmānī templa deōrum magnā diligentiā cūrant.
The Romans care for the temples of the gods with great diligence.Benedictus de Spinoza, Tractatus Politicus
I have laboured diligently, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions; but to understand them. - to heal, cure
similia similibus cūrantur
likes cure likesMedice, cura te ipsum.
Physician, heal thyself.c. 80, The Gospel of Luke, 4:23: - to govern, command, preside over
- to refresh (when occurring with corpus)
- to undertake, procure
- reflexiveto trouble (oneself)
- to take care of money matters, adjust or settle, pay
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cūram habeō; aegrōs cūrāmus.cūrō -āre — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
sānum faciō, medeorcūrō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 2
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cūrō | cūrābam | cūrābō | cūrāvī | cūrāveram cūrāram | cūrāverō cūrārō |
| 2nd sg. | cūrās | cūrābās | cūrābis | cūrāvistī cūrāstī | cūrāverās cūrārās | cūrāveris cūrāris |
| 3rd sg. | cūrat | cūrābat | cūrābit | cūrāvit cūrāt | cūrāverat cūrārat | cūrāverit cūrārit |
| 1st pl. | cūrāmus | cūrābāmus | cūrābimus | cūrāvimus cūrāmus | cūrāverāmus cūrārāmus | cūrāverimus cūrārimus |
| 2nd pl. | cūrātis | cūrābātis | cūrābitis | cūrāvistis cūrāstis | cūrāverātis cūrārātis | cūrāveritis cūrāritis |
| 3rd pl. | cūrant | cūrābant | cūrābunt | cūrāvērunt cūrārunt, cūrāvēre | cūrāverant cūrārant | cūrāverint cūrārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cūrem | cūrārem | cūrāverim cūrārim | cūrāvissem cūrāssem |
| 2nd sg. | cūrēs | cūrārēs | cūrāverīs cūrārīs | cūrāvissēs cūrāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | cūret | cūrāret | cūrāverit cūrārit | cūrāvisset cūrāsset |
| 1st pl. | cūrēmus | cūrārēmus | cūrāverīmus cūrārīmus | cūrāvissēmus cūrāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | cūrētis | cūrārētis | cūrāverītis cūrārītis | cūrāvissētis cūrāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | cūrent | cūrārent | cūrāverint cūrārint | cūrāvissent cūrāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cūror | cūrābar | cūrābor |
| 2nd sg. | cūrāris cūrāre | cūrābāris cūrābāre | cūrāberis cūrābere |
| 3rd sg. | cūrātur | cūrābātur | cūrābitur |
| 1st pl. | cūrāmur | cūrābāmur | cūrābimur |
| 2nd pl. | cūrāminī | cūrābāminī | cūrābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | cūrantur | cūrābantur | cūrābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cūrer | cūrārer |
| 2nd sg. | cūrēris cūrēre | cūrārēris cūrārēre |
| 3rd sg. | cūrētur | cūrārētur |
| 1st pl. | cūrēmur | cūrārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | cūrēminī | cūrārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | cūrentur | cūrārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | cūrā | cūrāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | cūrāte | cūrāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | cūrātō | cūrātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | cūrātō | cūrātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | cūrātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | cūrantō | cūrantor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | cūrāre | cūrārī cūrārier |
| perfect infinitive | cūrāvisse cūrāsse | cūrātum esse |
| future infinitive | cūrātūrum esse | cūrātum īrī |
| present participle | cūrāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | cūrātus cūrāta, cūrātā, cūrātae, cūrātam, cūrātārum, cūrātās, cūrātī, cūrātōrum, cūrātōs |
| future participle | cūrātūrus cūrātūra, cūrātūrā, cūrātūrae, cūrātūram, cūrātūrārum, cūrātūrās, cūrātūre, cūrātūrī, cūrātūrīs, cūrātūrō, cūrātūrōrum, cūrātūrōs, cūrātūrum | cūrandus |
gerundcūrandī, cūrandō, cūrandumsupinecūrātum, cūrātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- aegrotum curare
- to treat as a patient (used of a doctor).
- nihil omnino curare
- not to trouble oneself about a thing.
- futura non cogitare, curare
- to take no thought for the future.
- corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)
- to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants.
- rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
- to keep house.
cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:
I.
coeret, coerari, coerandi, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 (perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. cura, to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol. I. In gen.
1. Of persons.
(a). With acc.:
curare omnia studiosissime ac diligentissime, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7; cf.: diligenter praeceptum, Nep. Eum. 9, 5: magna di curant, parva neglegunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167: negotia aliena, id. Top. 17, 66; Hor. S. 2, 3, 19: mandatum, Cic. Att. 5, 7 init.: cenam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 11; cf. opsonium, id. Merc. 3, 3, 22: domum, to cleanse, Petr. 71, 7: vestimenta curare et polire, Dig. 47, 2, 12 pr.: funus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 81 Ruhnk.; cf. in this sense, cadaver, Suet. Ner. 49; and: Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare, Curt. 10, 10, 13; in other connections, curare corpus means to nourish, take care of one's self, to refresh, invigorate one's self, Lucr. 2, 31; 5, 937: nunc corpora curare tempus est, Liv. 21, 54, 2; 3, 2, 10; 26, 48, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 22 al.; in the same sense, membra, Hor. S. 2, 2, 81: cutem, id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15: pelliculam, id. S. 2, 5, 38: se, Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. de Or. 3, 61, 230; cf.: se suamque aetatem, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34: virum, Tib. 1, 5, 33; and in part. perf.: curati cibo, Liv. 9, 37, 7: omnes vinoque et cibo curatos domos dimisit, id. 34, 16, 5: vineam, to tend, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; cf. apes, Col. 9, 14 et saep.: res rationesque eri, to superintend, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 32: pensa ac domos, of the women of the family, Mel. 1, 9, 6: sociorum injurias, Sall. J. 14, 19: sublimia, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 5: preces (Diana), id. C. S. 71: prodigia, to endeavor to avert, ward off, Liv. 1, 20, 7 et saep.: munus te curaturum scio, Ut mittas mihi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79; cf.: aquam mulsam prope ut sit, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28: te multum amamus, quod ea (signa) abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt, provided, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; cf. II. C. infra: ego illum cum curā magnā curabo tibi, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7 and 9; so, aliquem, id. Stich. 1, 2, 39; 5, 3, 9; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121: curatur a multis, timetur a pluribus, is courted (cf. θεραπεύειν), Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 15 et saep.—With a negative: quos peperisti ne cures, be unconcerned, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656; Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 50: alii, quasi corpus nullum sit hominis, ita praeter animum nihil curant, care for nothing except the mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36: viri nihil perjuria curant (with nihil metuere), Cat. 64, 148: non ego istuc curo, qui sit, unde sit, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95: alia cura, a conversational expression (lit. trouble yourself about something else; hence), do not trouble yourself, never mind, id. Mil. 3, 3, 55 and 60; and in like sense, aliud cura, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 5.—(b). With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.;
predominant in Cæsar): pontem in Arari faciundum, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: obsides inter eos dandos, id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11; 4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48: epistulam mihi referendam, id. Att. 8, 5, 1: fratrem interficiendum, Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al.—(g). With part. perf pass.:
inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum, Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—(d). With inf. (most freq. with a negative):
ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent, would take the trouble, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4; so negatively, id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.: nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare, id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively: si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87: qui istas res scire curavit, id. Fl. 27, 64: mando tibi, uti cures lustrare, Cato, R. R. 141: aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—(ε) With acc. and inf. pass.: neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret, Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62: symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat, Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—(ζ) With nom. and inf.: ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —(η) With ut, ne, or a simple subj.: pater curabit ut, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.: si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc., Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.: omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit, id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.: ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit, Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2: curare uti Romae ne essent, Suet. Rhet. 1 init.—(θ) With dat. (ante-and post-class.): illis curandum censeo, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: rebus publicis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50: rebus alienis, id. Truc. 1, 2, 41: rebus meis, App. Mag. p. 297.—(ι) With quod: nam quod strabonus est, non curo, Petr. 68, 8.—(κ) With de: vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—(λ) Absol.: curasti probe, Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro; ego hic curabo, id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5: ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat, commanded, Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.: in eā parte, id. ib. 60, 5: in postremo loco cum equitibus, id. ib. 46, 7.—(μ) Impers.: curabitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29: curetur, id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —2. Of things (poet.):
quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra, Lucr. 5, 1163: nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus, Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne: quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant, id. 4, 826 (822).—II. In partic., t. t.
A. In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.
(a). With acc.:
bellum maritimum curare, Liv. 7, 26, 10; so, Asiam, Tac. A. 4, 36: Achaiam, id. ib. 5, 10: superioris Germaniae legiones, id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.: duabus his artibus ... se remque publicam curabant, Sall. C. 9, 3. —(b). Absol.:
Faesulanum in sinistrā parte curare jubet, Sall. C. 59, 3; cf. id. J. 46, 7: duo additi qui Romae curarent, Tac. A. 11, 22.—B. In medic. lang., to heal, cure.
(a). With acc.:
an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit? Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40: adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur, id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5: aegrum, Liv. 5, 5, 12: quadrupedes, Quint. 2, 10, 6: aliquem frigidis, Suet. Aug. 81: aliquem radice vel herbā, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22: vulnus, Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.: apparentia vitia, Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate: qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit, Quint. 4, 5, 5. —(b). Absol.:
medicinae pars, quae manu curat, Cels. 7 praef.; so Quint. 2, 17, 39 al. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: cūrans, antis, m., = medicus, a physician: plurimi sub alterutro curantis errore moriuntur, Cels. 3, 8, 5.—Also cūrandus, i, m., the patient: nisi festinare curandi imbecillitas cogit, Col. 7, 2, 12.—b. Trop. (ironically):
cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc., Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi), id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—C. In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.:
(nummos) pro signis, Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.: pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis, Liv. 44, 16, 2: dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15: me cui jussisset curaturum, that I would make payment according to his direction, id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.). 1. Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.):
curatissimae preces, Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me quidam ... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.—2. Taken care of, managed, attended to:
boves curatiores, Cato, R. R. 103: sacra, Cic. Balb. 24, 55: nitida illa et curata vox, Quint. 11, 3, 26.—Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.: curatius disserere, Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cūrō (old forms, coeret, coerarī, coerandī, C.), āvī, ātus, āre
cura, to care for, take pains with, be solicitous for, look to, attend to, regard: diligenter praeceptum, N.: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: alienam rem suo periculo, S.: te curasti molliter, have taken tender care of, T.: corpora, refresh, L.: membra, H.: genium mero, indulge, H.: curati cibo, refreshed, L.: prodigia, see to, i. e. avert, L.: nihil deos, V.: praeter animum nihil: aliud curā, i. e. don't be anxious about that, T.: inventum tibi curabo Pamphilum, T.: res istas scire: leones agitare, H.: verbo verbum reddere, H.: crinīs solvere, O.: ut natura diligi procreatos non curaret: utres uti fierent, S.: cura ut valeas, take care of your health: omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne, etc.: Curandum inprimis ne iniuria fiat, Iu.: iam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit, Ph.: hoc diligentius quam de rumore: quid sint conubia, O.: curasti probe, made preparations, T.: curabitur, it shall be seen to, T.: nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus, H. — With acc. and gerundive, to have done, see to, order: pontem faciundum, Cs.: pecuniam solvendam: fratrem interficiendum, N. — To administer, govern, preside over, command: bellum, L.: se remque p., S.: provinciam, Ta.: ubi quisque legatus curabat, commanded, S.: in eā parte, S. — To heal, cure: cum neque curari posset, etc., Cs.: adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur: aegrum, L.: aliquem herbā, H.: volnus, L. — Fig.: provinciam: reduviam.—To attend to, adjust, settle, pay: (nummos) pro signis: pecuniam pro frumento legatis, L.: me cui iussisset curaturum, pay to his order: Oviae curanda sunt HS C.
Origins
By surface analysis, cūra + -ō, from Proto-italic Proto-Italic *kʷoizā.
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