adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
curūlis
curūlis (neuter curūle)
Classical[kʊˈruː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[kuˈruː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationof or pertaining to a chariot
- two terminationthe curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory, used by the consuls, praetors, and curule aediles, who hence received their name
- two terminationpertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ad circum pertinēnscurūlis -e — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 14
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | curūlis | curūlis | curūle |
| genitive | curūlis | curūlis | curūlis |
| dative | curūlī | curūlī | curūlī |
| accusative | curūlem | curūlem | curūle |
| ablative | curūlī | curūlī | curūlī |
| vocative | curūlis | curūlis | curūle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | curūlēs | curūlēs | curūlia |
| genitive | curūlium | curūlium | curūlium |
| dative | curūlibus | curūlibus | curūlibus |
| accusative | curūlīs curūlēs | curūlīs curūlēs | curūlia |
| ablative | curūlibus | curūlibus | curūlibus |
| vocative | curūlēs | curūlēs | curūlia |
cŭrūlis (curr-), e, adj. currus,
I. of or pertaining to a chariot.
I. In gen.:
equi, the four horses provided at the public cost for the games of the circus, Liv. 24, 18, 10; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 14 Müll.; Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3; 15, 10, 1: ludi, Min. Fel. Oct. 37 fin.: triumphus, i. e. upon a chariot (in opp. to an ovatio, on horseback or on foot), Suet. Aug. 22: Juno curulis, in an ancient form of prayer in Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 17.—II. Esp.: sella curulis, the curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory; used by the consuls, praetors, and curule ediles, who hence received their name (v. aedilis, and cf. Gell. 3, 18, 4; Isid. Orig. 20, 11, 11;
Dict. of Antiq.), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; Liv. 1, 8, 3; 9, 46, 9 al.; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 26; Ov. P. 4, 9, 27; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 81; Flor. 1, 13, 10; Cat. 52, 2 et saep.: sedes, Tac. A. 2, 83; 15, 29 al.; and absol.: cŭrūlis, is, f., Tac. A. 1, 75; id. H. 2, 59; Plin. Pan. 59, 2; Suet. Ner. 13; Luc. 3, 107; Sil. 8, 488; Stat. S. 3, 3, 115; Mart. 11, 98, 18 al.—Poet.: major curulis, i. e. consulship, Stat. S. 1, 4, 82.—Hence, B. Meton., pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule: aedilis, L. Pis. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 2; Liv. 7, 1, 6 and 8; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131 al.; cf.
aedilitas, Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 27; Liv. 7, 1, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 19: ebur ( = sella curulis), consulship, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 53; cf. magistratus, Gab. Bass. ap. Gell. 3, 18.— Subst.: cŭrūlis, is, m., = aedilis curulis, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 42; and curules, the curule magistracies, Stat. S. 4, 1, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
curūlis (curr-) e, adj.
currus, of a chariot: equi, the horses provided at the public cost for the games, L.: sella, the curule chair, official chair (of consuls, praetors, and curule aediles), C., L.: ebur, a throne of ivory, Ta. — As subst f., the curule chair, Ta.: summas donare curulīs (sc. sellas), magistracies, Iu.—Occupying the curule chair, of curule rank: aedilis, L.: aedilitas: ebur (i. e. sella), the consulship, H.
Origins
For *currūlis, from currus.
Descendants
- Englishcurule
- Frenchcurule
- Romaniancurulfrom French curule
- Italiancurule
- Portuguesecurul
- Spanishcurul
In English words that came into English from curūlis
- curulecurūlis