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curule

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Etymology

From Latin curūlis (of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair), from currus (chariot), from currō (run).

Pronunciation

Adjective

curule

  1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
      Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair.

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French

Adjective

curule (plural curules)

  1. curule

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

curūle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of curūlis

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