curulis

Latin

Alternative forms

• currulis

Etymology

For *currūlis, from currus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuˈruː.lis/, [kʊˈruːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈru.lis/, [kuˈruːlis]

Adjective

curūlis (neuter curūle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to a chariot
2. (as a noun, with implied "sella") the curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory, used by the consuls, praetors, and curule aediles, who hence received their name
   1. pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	curūlis	curūle		curūlēs	curūlia
genitive	curūlis			curūlium
dative	curūlī			curūlibus
accusative	curūlem	curūle		curūlēs curūlīs	curūlia
ablative	curūlī			curūlibus
vocative	curūlis	curūle		curūlēs	curūlia

Descendants

• English: curule
• Portuguese: curul

References

• “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• curulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN