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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la cūra}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kuːˈraː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kuˈraː.tor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cūrātor''' ''m'' (genitive cūrātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[cūrō]] “to take care of”, from [[cūra]] “care”, with the suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of a keeper.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a keeper, one who tends, as in Varro, and in Cicero a supervisor, superintendent, especially of public works.^(OLD 2012) In law, as in Horace, it was a guardian appointed to manage the property of minors, women and the insane.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In the Later Empire the ''cūrātor cīvitātis'' was a municipal officer, and in Medieval Latin a ''cūrātor'' was also a priest with the cure of souls, a curate.^(Niermeyer 1976) In canon law it is a guardian who protects another's rights in an ecclesiastical court.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for an overseer, a guardian, and the prior of a Carthusian house.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''curatore'' and French ''curateur'', and gave [[en|curator]] in the late 14th century, first “a parish priest”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a keeper.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a superintendent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a guardian.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''curator'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A keeper.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A superintendent, [[m|en|curator]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' A [[m|en|guardian]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|curate]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cūrātōricius]]
+ * [[cūrātōrius]]
+ * [[subcūrātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cūrō]]
+ * [[cūra]]
+ * [[en|curator]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}