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Latin
Etymology
For *currūlis, from currus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
curūlis (neuter curūle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to a chariot
- (as a noun, with implied "sella") the 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
- pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN