curia Latin · revision 18044

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la vir}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cūria''' ''f'' (genitive cūriae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is usually explained as ⟨*ko-wir-ijā⟩ “assembly of men”, from a compound of [[m|la|com-|t=with]] and [[m|la|vir|t=man]], like [[m|la|convīvium]] and [[m|la|coniugium]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Wiktionary gives an Old Latin ⟨coviria⟩ from [[itc-pro|*kowiriom]].^(Wiktionary) Since ⟨com-⟩ before ⟨v⟩ usually gives ⟨con-⟩, de Vaan thinks the development is older; the Volscian word ⟨couehriu⟩, perhaps for a sacred state institution, may be cognate.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it for a Greek ward: ''noster nostrae quī est magister cūriae'', “the master of our ward”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Cūria'' is one of the thirty divisions of the Roman people said to have been set up by Romulus, by which the ''comitia cūriāta'' voted.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is a building for assemblies, above all the Senate house at Rome (Cicero: to besiege the Senate house with swords) and the council house of other towns; by metonymy it is the Senate itself, a local senate, and a meeting of the Senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In medieval Latin it is the court of the emperor, the pope or the king, and a palace;^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin uses it for the Curia, the officials who help the pope or a bishop govern.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|curia]] comes from it about 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''magister cūriae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of the distance from the Senate house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''obsidēre cum gladiīs cūriam''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English [[m|en|curia]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|curia]], one of the thirty divisions of the Roman people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A meeting hall; the [[m|en|Senate]] house.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The Senate; a local senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|court]] (imperial, papal or royal); a palace.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The Curia, the officials of a pope or bishop.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cūriālis]]

+ * [[cūriātim]]

+ * [[cūriātus]]

+ * [[cūriō]]

+ * [[excūriō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vir]]

+ * [[Quirīs]]

+ * [[en|curia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}