"curculio" meaning in Latin

See curculio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kurˈku.li.oː/ [Classical], [kʊrˈkʊlʲioː] [Classical], /kurˈku.li.o/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kurˈkuːlio] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”). Cognate with English shrink, and Latin carcer, curvus and cancer. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*(s)ker-||to bend, curve, turn}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”), {{cog|en|shrink}} English shrink, {{cog|la|carcer}} Latin carcer, {{m|la|curvus}} curvus, {{m|la|cancer}} cancer Head templates: {{la-noun|curculiō<3>|g=f}} curculiō f (genitive curculiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|curculiō<3>}} Forms: curculiō [canonical, feminine], curculiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], curculiō [nominative, singular], curculiōnēs [nominative, plural], curculiōnis [genitive, singular], curculiōnum [genitive, plural], curculiōnī [dative, singular], curculiōnibus [dative, plural], curculiōnem [accusative, singular], curculiōnēs [accusative, plural], curculiōne [ablative, singular], curculiōnibus [ablative, plural], curculiō [singular, vocative], curculiōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. weevil Tags: declension-3 Categories (lifeform): Insects Synonyms: gurgulio

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for curculio meaning in Latin (5.3kB)

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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: corcoll"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "gl",
            "2": "gurgullo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: gurgullo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: gurgullo"
    },
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        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed"
          },
          "expansion": "(borrowed)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gorgoglione, curculione (borrowed)"
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          "expansion": "Logudorese: iscutzone, isgurzone, orguzone, gulligione",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          "expansion": "Spanish: gorgojo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Spanish: gorgojo"
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          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Curculio",
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        "2": "shrink"
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      "expansion": "English shrink",
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      "expansion": "Latin carcer",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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      "form": "curculiōnis",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "curculiōnī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "curculiōnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "curculiōnibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "la:Insects",
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            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "weevil"
      ],
      "id": "en-curculio-la-noun-jqNvtnX5",
      "links": [
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          "weevil",
          "weevil"
        ]
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        {
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        }
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[kʊrˈkʊlʲioː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/kurˈku.li.o/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kurˈkuːlio]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Catalan: corcoll"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Galician: gurgullo"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "gorgoglione",
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          "expansion": "Italian: gorgoglione, curculione",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed"
          },
          "expansion": "(borrowed)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gorgoglione, curculione (borrowed)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gorgulho"
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: gorgulho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: gorgulho"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian:",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Sardinian:"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-sro",
            "2": "crugulloni",
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          "expansion": "Campidanese: crugulloni, urguggioni, grulloni, gruguzoi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Campidanese: crugulloni, urguggioni, grulloni, gruguzoi"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: iscutzone, isgurzone, orguzone, gulligione",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: iscutzone, isgurzone, orguzone, gulligione"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "4": "arguggione",
            "5": "gurtizone"
          },
          "expansion": "Nuorese: gulligione, arguzone, arguggione, gurtizone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nuorese: gulligione, arguzone, arguggione, gurtizone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gorgojo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gorgojo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gorgojo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Curculio",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Curculio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Curculio"
    }
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiōnī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "curculiōnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiōnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiōne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiōnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curculiōnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "la:Insects"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weevil"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "weevil",
          "weevil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kurˈku.li.oː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊrˈkʊlʲioː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kurˈku.li.o/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kurˈkuːlio]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gurgulio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curculio"
}

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