curule
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
curule
- Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
- 1985: 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. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
Translations
designating a ceremonial seat used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome
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Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) curūle