curiate

English

Etymology

From Latin cūriātus.

Adjective

curiate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a curia.
   • 1686, The Roman History Written in Latine by Titus Livius. With the Supplements of the Learned John Freinshemius, and John Dujatius. From the Foundation of Rome to the Middle of the Reign of Augustus., London: […] Awnsham Churchill, page 148:

     Whereupon having received the Senates Decree, viz. That Camillus, being by the curiate aſſembly recalled from Baniſhment, ſhould by order of the People be immediately declared Dictator, and that the Soldiers ſhould have whom they pleaſed for their General;

   • 1956, Historia: Einzelschriften, page 39:

     I have stated what I consider compelling reasons why the Hortensian Law(s) would have best served their purpose if they were curiate.

   • 2016, Jeremy Armstrong, “Rome in the sixth century”, in War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55:

     Although lacking the tight kinship focus evident in the gentilicial organization of the aristocracy, the settled population did still maintain internal divisions, as evidenced by the curiate system in Rome.

Synonyms

• curial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ʁjat/

Adjective

curiate (plural curiates)

1. (relational) of a curia

Italian

Verb

curiate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of curare

Anagrams

• autrice, cauteri, reciuta, rutacei

Latin

Adjective

cūriāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cūriātus