"curiosus" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /kuː.riˈoː.sus/ [Classical-Latin], [kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ku.riˈo.sus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kuriˈɔːs̬us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning. Head templates: {{la-adj|cūriōsus|comp=cūriōsior}} cūriōsus (feminine cūriōsa, neuter cūriōsum, comparative cūriōsior); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cūriōsus}} Forms: cūriōsus [canonical], cūriōsa [feminine], cūriōsum [neuter], cūriōsior [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cūriōsus [masculine, nominative, singular], cūriōsa [feminine, nominative, singular], cūriōsum [neuter, nominative, singular], cūriōsī [masculine, nominative, plural], cūriōsae [feminine, nominative, plural], cūriōsa [neuter, nominative, plural], cūriōsī [genitive, masculine, singular], cūriōsae [feminine, genitive, singular], cūriōsī [genitive, neuter, singular], cūriōsōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], cūriōsārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cūriōsōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cūriōsō [dative, masculine, singular], cūriōsae [dative, feminine, singular], cūriōsō [dative, neuter, singular], cūriōsīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cūriōsum [accusative, masculine, singular], cūriōsam [accusative, feminine, singular], cūriōsum [accusative, neuter, singular], cūriōsōs [accusative, masculine, plural], cūriōsās [accusative, feminine, plural], cūriōsa [accusative, neuter, plural], cūriōsō [ablative, masculine, singular], cūriōsā [ablative, feminine, singular], cūriōsō [ablative, neuter, singular], cūriōsīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cūriōse [masculine, singular, vocative], cūriōsa [feminine, singular, vocative], cūriōsum [neuter, singular, vocative], cūriōsī [masculine, plural, vocative], cūriōsae [feminine, plural, vocative], cūriōsa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-adj-E0TZFwab
  2. Elaborate, complicated. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-adj-rMrJGCPP Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 20 14 16 20 21
  3. That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasted, lean. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-adj-JCqhnx0~ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 20 14 16 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 35 6 6 41
  4. (in a good sense) Curious, inquisitive. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-adj-LZDzeU4q Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 20 14 16 20 21
  5. (in a bad sense) Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-adj-4O52P6wm Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 20 14 16 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cūriōsē, cūriōsitās, cūriōsulus, incūriōsus
Related terms: cūra, cūrābilis, cūragendārius, cūrāns, cūrātē, cūrātiō, cūrātor, cūrātōria, cūrātōrīcius, cūrātōrius, cūrātrīx, cūrātūra, cūrātus, cūritō, cūrius, cūrō

Noun

IPA: /kuː.riˈoː.sus/ [Classical-Latin], [kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ku.riˈo.sus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kuriˈɔːs̬us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning. Head templates: {{la-noun|cūriōsus<2>}} cūriōsus m (genitive cūriōsī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cūriōsus<2>}} Forms: cūriōsus [canonical, masculine], cūriōsī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cūriōsus [nominative, singular], cūriōsī [nominative, plural], cūriōsī [genitive, singular], cūriōsōrum [genitive, plural], cūriōsō [dative, singular], cūriōsīs [dative, plural], cūriōsum [accusative, singular], cūriōsōs [accusative, plural], cūriōsō [ablative, singular], cūriōsīs [ablative, plural], cūriōse [singular, vocative], cūriōsī [plural, vocative]
  1. One who pries; a spy or scout; secret police, informer. Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-curiosus-la-noun-vOB9kh1u Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 32 4 5 45 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 20 14 16 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 35 6 6 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 39 0 4 49
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūriōsulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "incūriōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: curiós",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: curiós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "curiosum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: curiosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: curiosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "curious",
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          "expansion": "→ English: curious",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "curiosum",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "curiosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: curious, curiosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "curieux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: curieux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: curieux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kuriøs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kuriøs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kuriøs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kuriosum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kuriosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kuriosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "kuriózum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: kuriózum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: kuriózum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: curioso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
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          },
          "expansion": "Norman: tchuthieux",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: tchuthieux (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "kuriozum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: kuriozum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: kuriozum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: curioso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "curios"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: curios",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: curios"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: curioso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning.",
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      "form": "cūriōsus",
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        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
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        "neuter"
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      "form": "cūriōsior",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cūriōsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "cūriōsus",
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      "name": "la-adj"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūra"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūrābilis"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūragendārius"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūrāns"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūrātē"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūrius"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cūrō"
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        "Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted."
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          "thoughtful",
          "thoughtful"
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        [
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
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        "Elaborate, complicated."
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      "id": "en-curiosus-la-adj-rMrJGCPP",
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          "elaborate"
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        "declension-1",
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        "That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasted, lean."
      ],
      "id": "en-curiosus-la-adj-JCqhnx0~",
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        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "careworn",
          "careworn"
        ],
        [
          "emaciated",
          "emaciated"
        ],
        [
          "wasted",
          "wasted"
        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "id": "en-curiosus-la-adj-LZDzeU4q",
      "links": [
        [
          "Curious",
          "curious"
        ],
        [
          "inquisitive",
          "inquisitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in a good sense) Curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a good sense"
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "10 20 14 16 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Indeed if I enjoy writing, who would be so spiteful as to keep me from it? … Thus are these meddlesome individuals to whom this my not at all unpleasant (to me) endeavor is offensive.",
          "ref": "1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum",
          "text": "Etenim si delectamur cum scribimus, quis est tam invidus qui ab eo nos abducat? … Sic isti curiosi, quos offendit noster minime nobis iniucundus labor."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "id": "en-curiosus-la-adj-4O52P6wm",
      "links": [
        [
          "Meddlesome",
          "meddlesome"
        ],
        [
          "officious",
          "officious"
        ],
        [
          "prying",
          "prying"
        ],
        [
          "interfering",
          "interfering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in a bad sense) Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a bad sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː.riˈoː.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.riˈo.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuriˈɔːs̬us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curiosus"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cūriōsus m (genitive cūriōsī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 32 4 5 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 20 14 16 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 35 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 39 0 4 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who pries; a spy or scout; secret police, informer."
      ],
      "id": "en-curiosus-la-noun-vOB9kh1u",
      "links": [
        [
          "pries",
          "pries"
        ],
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ],
        [
          "scout",
          "scout"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ],
        [
          "informer",
          "informer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː.riˈoː.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.riˈo.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuriˈɔːs̬us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curiosus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cūriōsē"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūriōsitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūriōsulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "incūriōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "curiós"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: curiós",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: curiós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "curiosum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: curiosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: curiosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "curious",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: curious",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "curiosum",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "curiosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: curious, curiosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "curieux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: curieux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: curieux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kuriøs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kuriøs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kuriøs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kuriosum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kuriosum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kuriosum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "kuriózum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: kuriózum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: kuriózum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: curioso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "tchuthieux"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: tchuthieux",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: tchuthieux (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "kuriozum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: kuriozum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: kuriozum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: curioso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "curios"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: curios",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: curios"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "curioso"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: curioso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: curioso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus",
        "comp": "cūriōsior"
      },
      "expansion": "cūriōsus (feminine cūriōsa, neuter cūriōsum, comparative cūriōsior); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cūra"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrābilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūragendārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrāns"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātē"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātōria"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātōrīcius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātrīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātūra"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūritō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūrō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Careful",
          "careful"
        ],
        [
          "diligent",
          "diligent"
        ],
        [
          "thoughtful",
          "thoughtful"
        ],
        [
          "devoted",
          "devoted"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Elaborate, complicated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Elaborate",
          "elaborate"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasted, lean."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "careworn",
          "careworn"
        ],
        [
          "emaciated",
          "emaciated"
        ],
        [
          "wasted",
          "wasted"
        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Curious",
          "curious"
        ],
        [
          "inquisitive",
          "inquisitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in a good sense) Curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a good sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Indeed if I enjoy writing, who would be so spiteful as to keep me from it? … Thus are these meddlesome individuals to whom this my not at all unpleasant (to me) endeavor is offensive.",
          "ref": "1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum",
          "text": "Etenim si delectamur cum scribimus, quis est tam invidus qui ab eo nos abducat? … Sic isti curiosi, quos offendit noster minime nobis iniucundus labor."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Meddlesome",
          "meddlesome"
        ],
        [
          "officious",
          "officious"
        ],
        [
          "prying",
          "prying"
        ],
        [
          "interfering",
          "interfering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in a bad sense) Meddlesome, officious, prying, interfering, curious, inquisitive."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a bad sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kuː.riˈoː.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.riˈo.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuriˈɔːs̬us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curiosus"
}

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    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from incūriōsus (“careless, negligent”) by deletion of the negative prefix in- (“un-”) in order to remain with the opposite meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūriōsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cūriōsus m (genitive cūriōsī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cūriōsus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who pries; a spy or scout; secret police, informer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pries",
          "pries"
        ],
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ],
        [
          "scout",
          "scout"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ],
        [
          "informer",
          "informer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː.riˈoː.sus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.riˈo.sus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuriˈɔːs̬us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "curiosus"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: curiosus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "curiosus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "curiosus",
  "trace": ""
}

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