curia
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
curia (plural curias or curiae)
- (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
- (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
- (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
Related terms
Translations
any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
curia f (plural curie)
- diocese
- the Curia
- a professional association
Anagrams
Etymology 1
From coviria (“male community”), analogous to com- + vir.
Noun
cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (governing council): senatus, parlamentum (Medieval)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
see curium.
Noun
curia
References
- “curia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- curia 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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “curia”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
- “curia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “curia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “curia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “curia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Noun
curia f
- Alternative spelling of curria
Noun
curia f (plural curias)
Further reading
- “curia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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