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“curator” in Latin
cūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovehortusgardenfānumshrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity; as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saint
The English word curator itself goes back to Latin cūra, through cūrātor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
curator
curator, (general term for one on whom the care of anything devolves; e.g., aediles curatores urbis, annonae, ludorumque solemnium, Cic., but especially as technical term the guardian of a person of age, until his twenty-fifth year [Vid: Heinecc., Antiqq., Roman Synt., 1, 23, 6, p. 226, sq.] , while tutor designates the guardian of anybody under fourteen, and thus, according to Roman law, not of age; also the guardian of a spendthrift or one labouring under mental debility, etc.): custos alicujus rei (e.g., hortorum, fani).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for curator?
- The usual Latin words for “curator” are cūrō, hortus, fānum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.