Cures
See also: cures
English
Latin
Etymology
Sabine, perhaps related to curīs (“spear”), itself possibly from Proto-Italic *kusi- and related to the root of cuspis (“sharp point”).[1]
Proper noun
Curēs m pl (genitive Curium); third declension
- the ancient chief town of the Sabines
- (figurative) the inhabitants of Cures
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Curēs |
| Genitive | Curium |
| Dative | Curibus |
| Accusative | Curēs Curīs |
| Ablative | Curibus |
| Vocative | Curēs |
| Locative | Curibus |
References
- “Cures”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cures”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Cures in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Cures in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cuspis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159
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