curvus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus). Cognate with English shrink, and Latin carcer and cancer.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.wus/, [ˈkʊr.wʊs]

Adjective

curvus (feminine curva, neuter curvum); first/second declension

  1. bent, crooked, curved

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative curvus curva curvum curvī curvae curva
Genitive curvī curvae curvī curvōrum curvārum curvōrum
Dative curvō curvō curvīs
Accusative curvum curvam curvum curvōs curvās curva
Ablative curvō curvā curvō curvīs
Vocative curve curva curvum curvī curvae curva

Descendants

References
  • curvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • curb in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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