curulis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
For *currūlis, from currus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kuˈruː.lis/, [kʊˈruːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈru.lis/, [kuˈruːlis]
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.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | curūlis | curūle | curūlēs | curūlia | |
Genitive | curūlis | curūlium | |||
Dative | curūlī | curūlibus | |||
Accusative | curūlem | curūle | curūlēs curūlīs |
curūlia | |
Ablative | curūlī | curūlibus | |||
Vocative | curūlis | curūle | curūlēs | curūlia |
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