viocurus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]via (“road, street”) + cūrō (“I take care”) + -us. Varro (de lingua latina 5.7) mentions this word as an example to illustrate the lowest grade of etymological difficulty, "whither even the common people's intellect reaches" (īnfimus quō populus etiam venit: quis enim nōn videt unde argentifodīnae et viocūrus?).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯i.oˈkuː.rus/, [u̯iɔˈkuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vi.oˈku.rus/, [vioˈkuːrus]
Noun
[edit]viocūrus m (genitive viocūrī); second declension
- overseer and constructor of roads
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | viocūrus | viocūrī |
| genitive | viocūrī | viocūrōrum |
| dative | viocūrō | viocūrīs |
| accusative | viocūrum | viocūrōs |
| ablative | viocūrō | viocūrīs |
| vocative | viocūre | viocūrī |
References
[edit]- viocurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- viocurus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “viocurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press