Cures

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cŭres, ium, m. (parvi, Ov. F. 2, 135) and f. (Tatiae, Prop. 5, 9, 74), = Κύρεις or Κύρις [curis, Sabine word, = hasta, Ov. F. 2, 477],

I the ancient chief town of the Sabines , Varr. L. L. 5, § 51 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1; Verg. A. 6, 811; 8, 638; Ov. M. 14, 778 al.; Liv. 1, 13, 5; 1, 18, 1; Flor. 1, 2, 1; cf. Quirites.—

B Meton., the inhabitants of Cures , Ov. F. 3, 201; 6, 216.—

II Hence, Cŭren-sis , e, adj., of Cures : turba, Ov. F. 3, 94. —

B Subst.: Cŭrenses , ium, m., the inhabitants of Cures , Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.—

III Cŭrētis , is (or perh. Cŭres , ētis), m., an inhabitant of Cures , Prop. 4 (5), 4, 9.

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