Curtius

English

Proper noun

Curtius

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Curtius degradation
• Curtius reaction
• Curtius rearrangement

Latin

Etymology

From curtus (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.ti.us/, [ˈkʊrt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.t͡si.us/, [ˈkurt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Curtius m sg (genitive Curtiī or Curtī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Curtius, a Roman mythological figure

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Curtius
genitive	Curtiī Curtī1
dative	Curtiō
accusative	Curtium
ablative	Curtiō
vocative	Curtī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Curtia

Adjective

Curtius (feminine Curtia, neuter Curtium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Curtia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Curtius	Curtia	Curtium		Curtiī	Curtiae	Curtia
genitive	Curtiī	Curtiae	Curtiī		Curtiōrum	Curtiārum	Curtiōrum
dative	Curtiō	Curtiae	Curtiō		Curtiīs
accusative	Curtium	Curtiam	Curtium		Curtiōs	Curtiās	Curtia
ablative	Curtiō	Curtiā	Curtiō		Curtiīs
vocative	Curtie	Curtia	Curtium		Curtiī	Curtiae	Curtia

References

• “Curtius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Curtius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.