"cur" meaning in Latin

See cur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kuːr/ [Classical], [kuːr] [Classical], /kur/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kur] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: cūr [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷōr, having undergone pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening from *kʷor (“where”), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare: * Sanskrit कर्हि (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷor * Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr * Albanian kur (“when”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where, whither”), Armenian ուր (ur, “where”) < *kʷur * Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“where”), Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”) < Old Norse hvárr < older hvaðarr < Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz < Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, from *kʷos (“which”) See also quirquir (“wherever(?)”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|quūr}} Old Latin quūr, {{m|itc-ola|quōr}} quōr, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kʷōr}} Proto-Italic *kʷōr, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*kʷōr}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷōr, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷor||where}} *kʷor (“where”), {{suffix|ine-pro|*kʷos|*r|nocat=1|t1=interrogative determiner|t2=adverbial suffix}} *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”), {{cog|sa|कर्हि||when|tr=kárhi}} Sanskrit कर्हि (kárhi, “when”), {{cog|gem-pro|*hwar||where}} Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), {{m|ine-pro|*kʷor}} *kʷor, {{cog|ang|hwǣr||where}} Old English hwǣr (“where”), {{cog|goh|hwār||where}} Old High German hwār (“where”), {{m|ine-pro|*kʷēr}} *kʷēr, {{cog|sq|kur||when}} Albanian kur (“when”), {{cog|lt|kur̃||where, whither}} Lithuanian kur̃ (“where, whither”), {{cog|hy|ուր||where}} Armenian ուր (ur, “where”), {{m|ine-pro|*kʷur}} *kʷur, {{cog|nn|kvar||where}} Norwegian Nynorsk kvar (“where”), {{cog|nn|kor||where}} Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“where”), {{cog|nb|hvor||where}} Norwegian Bokmål hvor (“where”), {{cog|non|hvárr}} Old Norse hvárr, {{m|non|hvaðarr}} hvaðarr, {{cog|gem-pro|*hwaþeraz}} Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, {{cog|ine-pro|*kʷóteros}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷos||which}} *kʷos (“which”), {{m|la|quirquir||wherever(?)}} quirquir (“wherever(?)”) Head templates: {{la-adv|cūr|-}} cūr (not comparable)
  1. why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: qūr, quūr, quōr (english: older spelling), quur, cor [rare] Derived forms: cūr nōn Related terms: nam, quia

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          "text": "Cur in terra iaces?",
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          "text": "Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?"
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          "english": "Why are you lying on the ground?",
          "text": "Cur in terra iaces?",
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        {
          "english": "Why before the trumpet (of war), fear seizes your limbs?",
          "ref": "19 BC, Vergilius, Aeneis; Book XI, from line 424",
          "text": "Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?"
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        "Classical"
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/kur/",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "word": "quūr"
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "cor"
    }
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}

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