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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la cūra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkuː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkuː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cūrō''' (present infinitive cūrāre, perfect active cūrāvī, supine cūrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cūra]] “care” with the verbal suffix -ō, from Proto-Italic *kʷoizā.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The OLD compares Paelignian ⟨coisatens⟩ and [[xum|kuratu]].^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions and Cicero's laws have the old spellings ⟨coerō⟩ and ⟨coirō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, of looking after someone.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to look after, care for, with ''corpus cūrāre'' “to refresh oneself”, as in Plautus, to tend plants or animals, as in Cato, and to treat a sick person or wound, as in Plautus, also to cure.^(OLD 2012) It meant to be in charge, as in Sallust, to see to a task, and with a gerundive to have something done, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) It meant to procure, to pay, and to care about, worry, heed, as Cicero's gods who care for great things and neglect small ones.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take care of, manage, administer, cure, heal.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''curar(e)'' and Romanian ''cura''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|curate]] comes from its Medieval Latin participle ''cūrātus'' in the late 14th century, and [[en|scour]] from Late Latin ''excūrāre''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of caring for someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of treating the sick.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of tending plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''curate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To look after, care for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To tend (plants, animals).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To treat (the sick); to [[m|en|cure]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be in charge; to see to; to have done.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To procure; to pay.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To care about, heed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accūrō]]

+ * [[concūrō]]

+ * [[cūrābilis]]

+ * [[cūrātiō]]

+ * [[cūrātor]]

+ * [[curatrix]]

+ * [[cūrātūra]]

+ * [[cūritō]]

+ * [[excūrō]]

+ * [[incūrātus]]

+ * [[percūrō]]

+ * [[praecūrō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cūra]]

+ * [[cūriōsus]]

+ * [[en|cure]]

+ * [[en|curate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}