curia

See also: Curia and cúria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjuːɹi.ə/
  • Rhymes: -uːɹiə

Noun

curia (plural curias or curiae)

  1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
  2. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
  3. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -urja

Noun

curia f (plural curie)

  1. diocese
  2. The Curia
  3. a professional association

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology 1

From coviria (male community), analogous to com- + vir.

Noun

cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension

  1. court
  2. senate or meeting house
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cūria cūriae
Genitive cūriae cūriārum
Dative cūriae cūriīs
Accusative cūriam cūriās
Ablative cūriā cūriīs
Vocative cūria cūriae
Derived terms

Etymology 2

see curium.

Noun

curia

  1. nominative plural of curium
  2. accusative plural of curium
  3. vocative plural of curium

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, 1883–1887)
  • curia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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

Sicilian

Noun

curia f

  1. Alternative spelling of curria

Spanish

Noun

curia f (plural curias)

  1. curia
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