LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

cūrātor

cūrātor m (genitive cūrātōris)
Classical[kuːˈraː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[kuˈraː.tor]

Meaning

  1. who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout
  2. who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary
  3. specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself
  4. GermanyNew Latinthe regulatory supervisor over a university

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecūrātorcūrātōrēs
genitivecūrātōriscūrātōrum
dativecūrātōrīcūrātōribus
accusativecūrātōremcūrātōrēs
ablativecūrātōrecūrātōribus
vocativecūrātorcūrātōrēs

cūrātor (old orthog. COERATOR,
I. v. the foll.), ōris, m. id., he who cares for or takes charge of a thing, a manager, overseer, superintendent, keeper.
I. In gen.: ludorum, Plaut. Poen. prol. 36: suntoque aediles coeratores urbis annonae ludorumque solemnium, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: viae Flaminiae, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: aviarii, a bird-keeper, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; cf. apum, Col. 9, 9, 1: pavonini gregis, id. 8, 11, 2; and gallinarius, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: fidus negotiorum, Sall. J. 71, 3: munerum ac venationum, Suet. Calig. 27: restituendae Campaniae, id. Tit. 8: restituendi Capitolii, Gell. 2, 10, 2 et saep.: muris reficiendis, Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19: legibus agrariis, id. Agr. 2, 7, 17: curator, qui statuis faciundis praeesset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144: reipublicae, Sall. J. 110, 6: urbis, Amm. 14, 7, 17.—
II. In partic., a legal t. t., a guardian, curator, trustee (of a minor, an imbecile, an absent person, etc.), Gai Inst. 1, 200; Dig. libb. 26 et 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 4, 11; Jul. Cap. Vit. M. Aur. 10 et saep.; v. Dict. of Antiq.

Origins

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

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 *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cūrātor From cūrō + -tor.

Elsewhere
  • Catalancurador
  • Englishcurator
  • Frenchcurateur
  • GermanCurator
  • GermanKurator
  • Italiancuratore
  • Portuguesecurador
  • Romaniancurator
  • Spanishcurador
  • Bulgarianкура́тор
Norwegian
  • Norwegian Bokmålkurator
  • Norwegian Nynorskkurator

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCuratorCurator Curators were persons appointed either by law or by the magistrate to look after the property of certain classes of people, and to prevent its…

Quick answers

What does cūrātor mean in Latin?
cūrātor, a noun, means “who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout; who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary; specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapa”.
What is the genitive of cūrātor?
The genitive singular is cūrātōris. cūrātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cūrātor?
In classical Latin, [kuːˈraː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kuˈraː.tor].
Where does cūrātor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- → Latin cūrātor.