curtus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kortos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tós (“short”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”), Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (“short”) (Middle High German schurz, Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (Danish skorte), (maybe) Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short. More at shirt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

curtus (feminine curta, neuter curtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. shortened, short
  2. mutilated, broken, incomplete

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative curtus curta curtum curtī curtae curta
genitive curtī curtae curtī curtōrum curtārum curtōrum
dative curtō curtae curtō curtīs
accusative curtum curtam curtum curtōs curtās curta
ablative curtō curtā curtō curtīs
vocative curte curta curtum curtī curtae curta

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “curtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

Further reading

  • “curtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “curtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "curtus", 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)
  • curtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • curtus in Ramminger, Johann (July 16 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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