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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 475.cūrō on page 475
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cūrāre to care for
cūrāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to care for.
Definitions for cūrāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to care for, attend to, heal, cure, take care
English derivatives:
cure curator procure proctor accurate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To watch over, look after, care for. (b) se. corpus. ~are, to refresh oneself with food, sleep, etc., attend to one's bodily needs; (also pass.). (c) Cutem, etc., ~are, to take care of one's appearance.
- 2
(a) To tend (plants or animals). (b) to do what is necessary to, deal with, treat, prepare (things).
- 3
To administer remedies to, treat (a sick person, wound, disease, etc.). (b) (spec.) to perform a surgical operation on. (c) to treat successully, cure.
- 4
To have charge of; (absol.) to be in command.
- 5
To devote oneself to, cultivate (a person).
Sentences with cūrāre
Latin to English
Caesar cūrāvit ut imperium suum maximum in cīvitāte fieret.Compare Caesar took care that his power be made greatest in the state.
Dē minimīs nōn cūrat lēx.Compare The law does not concern itself with trivialities.
Vīlicus ipse villam dominī cūrat.Compare The overseer himself looks after the country house of the master.
Ego deum genus esse semper dixi et dicam caelitum, sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus; nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis; quod nunc abest.Compare I have always said and I will go on saying, there is a race of gods in heaven, but I do not believe that they concern themselves with what the human race is doing; for if they did, good men would fare well, and bad men ill, which is not the case now.
Conjugation table for cūrāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| cūrō cūrās cūrat cūrāmus cūrātis cūrant | cūrābam cūrābās cūrābat cūrābāmus cūrābātis cūrābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cūrāvī cūrāvistī cūrāvit cūrāvimus cūrāvistis cūrāvērunt / cūrāvēre | cūrāveram cūrāverās cūrāverat cūrāverāmus cūrāverātis cūrāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| cūrābō cūrābis cūrābit cūrābimus cūrābitis cūrābunt | cūrāverō cūrāveris cūrāverit cūrāverimus cūrāveritis cūrāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| cūrem cūrēs cūret cūrēmus cūrētis cūrent | cūrārem cūrārēs cūrāret cūrārēmus cūrārētis cūrārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cūrāverim cūrāveris cūrāverit cūrāverimus cūrāveritis cūrāverint | cūrāvissem cūrāvissēs cūrāvisset cūrāvissēmus cūrāvissētis cūrāvissent |
Infinitive present cūrāre Infinitive perfect cūrāvisse Infinitive future cūrātūrum esse | Imperative present cūrā cūrāte Imperative future cūrātō cūrātō cūrātōte cūrantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| cūror cūrāris cūrātur cūrāmur cūrāminī cūrantur | cūrābar cūrābāris / cūrābāre cūrābātur cūrābāmur cūrābāminī cūrābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cūrātus sum cūrātus es cūrātus est cūrātī sumus cūrātī estis cūrātī sunt | cūrātus eram cūrātus erās cūrātus erat cūrātī erāmus cūrātī erātis cūrātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| cūrābor cūrāberis / cūrābere cūrābitur cūrābimur cūrābiminī cūrābuntur | cūrātus erō cūrātus eris cūrātus erit cūrātī erimus cūrātī eritis cūrātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| cūrer cūrēris / cūrēre cūrētur cūrēmur cūrēminī cūrentur | cūrārer cūrārēris / cūrārēre cūrārētur cūrārēmur cūrārēminī cūrārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cūrātus sim cūrātus sīs cūrātus sit cūrātī sīmus cūrātī sītis cūrātī sint | cūrātus essem cūrātus essēs cūrātus esset cūrātī essēmus cūrātī essētis cūrātī essent |
Infinitive present cūrārī Infinitive perfect cūrātum esse Infinitive future cūrātum īrī | Imperative present cūrāre cūrāminī Imperative future cūrātor cūrātor - cūrāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | cūrāns | cūrantēs |
| Gen. | cūrantis | cūrantium |
| Dat. | cūrantī | cūrantibus |
| Acc. | cūrantem | cūrantēs |
| Abl. | cūrante | cūrantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | cūrātūrus | cūrātūrī |
| Gen. | cūrātūrī | cūrātūrōrum |
| Dat. | cūrātūrō | cūrātūrīs |
| Acc. | cūrātūrum | cūrātūrōs |
| Abl. | cūrātūrō | cūrātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | cūrātus | cūrātī |
| Gen. | cūrātī | cūrātōrum |
| Dat. | cūrātō | cūrātīs |
| Acc. | cūrātum | cūrātōs |
| Abl. | cūrātō | cūrātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | cūrandus | cūrandī |
| Gen. | cūrandī | cūrandōrum |
| Dat. | cūrandō | cūrandīs |
| Acc. | cūrandum | cūrandōs |
| Abl. | cūrandō | cūrandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | cūrāre | cūrātum |
| Gen. | cūrandī | cūrātū |
| Dat. | cūrandō | |
| Acc. | cūrandum | |
| Abl. | cūrandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 256.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 475.
- 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).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cūrō, cūrāre, cūrāvī, cūrātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/curo-curare-curavi-curatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 256.cūrō, cūrāre, cūrāvī, cūrātum on page 256
