curiosus

cūriōsus adj.with comp.and sup.

cura, bestowing care, painstaking, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted, attentive : in omni historiā: ad investigandum curiosior.— Inquiring eagerly, curious, inquisitive : nemo, T.: in re p.: curiosissimi homines: oculi.— Meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive : patere me esse curiosum: homo.