curia

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See also: Curia and cúria

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curia.

Pronunciation

Noun

curia (plural curias or curiae)

  1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
  2. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
  3. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rja/
  • Rhymes: -urja
  • Hyphenation: cù‧ria

Noun

curia f (plural curie)

  1. diocese
  2. the Curia
  3. a professional association

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From coviria (“male community”), analogous to com- + vir.

Noun

cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension

  1. court
  2. senate or meeting house
  3. (Medieval Latin) council, senate
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cūria cūriae
Genitive cūriae cūriārum
Dative cūriae cūriīs
Accusative cūriam cūriās
Ablative cūriā cūriīs
Vocative cūria cūriae
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

see curium.

Noun

curia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of curium

References

  • “curia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • curia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “curia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “curia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “curia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • “curia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Sicilian

Noun

curia f

  1. Alternative spelling of curria

Spanish

Noun

curia f (plural curias)

  1. curia

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