Dictionary formcura, curae(feminine)
Translation
care, attention; concern, anxiety; charge, office
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | cura | curae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | cura | curae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | curam | curas |
| Genitiveof | curae | curarum |
| Dativeto, for | curae | curis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | cura | curis |
Examples
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A great worry held the king's mind.
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He gave the care of the temple to a priest.
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He did everything with care.
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He now lives free of cares.
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He laid aside all his cares and slept.
Cura, curae, f., first declension. One word spanning anxious worry, careful attention and formal responsibility for something, and the third is the one readers miss: cura urbis is a magistrate's remit, not his nerves. Take a genitive for the thing cared for, cura rerum divinarum.
The verb curo is worth learning alongside it, because with a gerundive it is the standard way of saying you had something done rather than did it yourself: pontem faciendum curavit, "he had a bridge built". The medical sense arrived late and is not the Latin centre of gravity: a Roman cura is the tending, not the recovery. English cure, curate, curious, secure and accurate all descend from it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 1: cura, reliquus, certus and 6 more words.