curule

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin curūlis (of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair), from currus (chariot), from currō (run).

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curule

  1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
      Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair.

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Adjective[edit]

curule (plural curules)

  1. curule

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

curūle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of curūlis