curvus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) *-wós (whence Latin -vus). Cognate with English shrink, and Latin carcer and cancer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkur.u̯us/, [ˈkʊru̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.vus/, [ˈkurvus]
Adjective
[edit]curvus (feminine curva, neuter curvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | curvus | curva | curvum | curvī | curvae | curva | |
genitive | curvī | curvae | curvī | curvōrum | curvārum | curvōrum | |
dative | curvō | curvae | curvō | curvīs | |||
accusative | curvum | curvam | curvum | curvōs | curvās | curva | |
ablative | curvō | curvā | curvō | curvīs | |||
vocative | curve | curva | curvum | curvī | curvae | curva |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “curvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “curvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “curb”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (turn)
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin terms suffixed with -vus