LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cūrātiō

cūrātiō f (genitive cūrātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. treatment, care, operation (medical, surgical)
  2. administration, office (public)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecūrātiōcūrātiōnēs
genitivecūrātiōniscūrātiōnum
dativecūrātiōnīcūrātiōnibus
accusativecūrātiōnemcūrātiōnēs
ablativecūrātiōnecūrātiōnibus
vocativecūrātiōcūrātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

curationes
method of treatment.

cūrātĭo, ōnis, f. curo,
I. a taking care of something, administration, oversight, care, management, charge (rare but class.).
I. In gen.: me sinas curare ancillas, quae mea est curatio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 45; cf. id. Poen. 1, 2, 144: cultus et curatio corporis, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 158: curatio et administratio rerum, id. ib. 1, 1, 2: corporum, Liv. 25, 38: frumenti, Cic. Att. 15, 11, 1: vini, Col. 12, 25, 4: quid tibi hanc curatiost rem? (for hujus rei; cf. aditio) why does this trouble you? Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 21; cf.: quid tibi, malum, me, aut quid ego agam, curatio'st? id. Most. 1, 1, 33.—
II. In partic., t. t.
A. In political lang., management of state affairs, administration, charge, office, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126; id. Rab. Post. 10, 28; Liv. 4, 12, 8; 4, 13, 8; 2, 27, 6.—
B. In the jurists, guardianship, trusteeship: qui in curatione sunt, i. e. words, Gai Inst. 1, 199; Dig. 27, 1, 30; 27, 10, 4 et saep.—
C. In medic., healing, cure (very freq.), Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; id. Div. 2, 59, 123; id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61; id. Fin. 4, 24, 65; Liv. 2, 20, 9; 42, 18; Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 145; Phaedr. 5, 8, 12; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Just. 12, 9, 13.—Plur.: curationes aeger obire, Sen. Ep. 27, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷey-
  2. Latincūrātiō

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cūrātiō From cūrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancuració
  • Englishcuration
  • Portuguesecuração
  • Romaniancurăciune
  • Spanishcuración
  • Middle Frenchcurationfrom Old French curacion
  • Polishkuracja

Quick answers

What does cūrātiō mean in Latin?
cūrātiō, a noun, means “treatment, care, operation (medical, surgical); administration, office (public)”.
What is the genitive of cūrātiō?
The genitive singular is cūrātiōnis. cūrātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does cūrātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- → Latin cūrātiō.