curvus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengh- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Scots ring (“ring”), West Frisian ring (“ring”), Saterland Frisian Ring (“ring, circle”), Dutch ring (“ring, hoop”), Low German Ring (“ring”), German Ring (“ring, circle”), Swedish ring (“ring, circle”), Icelandic hringur (“ring”), Umbrian krenkatrum, cringatro (“belt”), Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (“circle”) (Russian круг (krug)), Old English hrung (“cross-bar, spoke”), Albanian vrangull (“a wheel-shaped tool, circle motion”), rreng (“to do a prank, cheat, deceive”). More at rung.

Adjective

curvus m (feminine curva, neuter curvum); first/second declension

1. bent, crooked, curved

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	curvus	curva	curvum		curvī	curvae	curva
genitive	curvī	curvae	curvī		curvōrum	curvārum	curvōrum
dative	curvō	curvae	curvō		curvīs	curvīs	curvīs
accusative	curvum	curvam	curvum		curvōs	curvās	curva
ablative	curvō	curvā	curvō		curvīs	curvīs	curvīs
vocative	curve	curva	curvum		curvī	curvae	curva

References

• curvus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• curb in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911