Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 473.cūra on page 473
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cūra care
cūra is a Latin Noun that primarily means care.
Definitions for cūra
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
care, attention, caution, anxiety
English derivatives:
cure curator curious curiosity curio curettage sinecure
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Anxiety (about anything), worry, care, distress. (b) a particular anxiety, worry, care; a person or thing constituting a source of anxiety.
- 2
Serious attention, carefulness, pains, care. (b) (a person's) attention.
- 3
The devotion of care or attention (to a thing); (abl.) purposely. (b) the object or product of (literary) application, study.
Sentences with cūra
Latin to English
Magnā cūrā id scrīpsit.Compare He wrote it with great care.
Virī magnae cūrae estis.Compare You (pl.) are men of great care.
Cum cūrā trāns urbem cucurrimus.Compare We ran with care (carefully) across the city.
Rēs pūblica magnā cūrā ab eō gest est.Compare The state was managed by him with great care.
Optimōs librōs tantā cum cūrā lēgērunt ut multum sapientiae discerent.Compare They read the best books with such great care that they learned much wisdom.
Bonōs librōs cum cūrā legēbāmus ut sapientiam discerēmus.Compare We used to read good books with care so that we might learn wisdom.
Cum cūrā docet ut discipulī bene discant.Compare He teaches with care so (that) his students may learn well.
Petītiō mea tibi summae cūrae est.Compare My candidacy is the greatest concern to you.
Declension table for cūra
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | cūra | cūrae |
| Gen. | cūrae | cūrārum |
| Dat. | cūrae | cūrīs |
| Acc. | cūram | cūrās |
| Abl. | cūrā | cūrīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 27.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 473.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cūra, cūrae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cura-curae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 27.cūra, cūrae on page 27
