curulis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === currulis === Etymology === For *currūlis, from currus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊˈruː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuˈruː.lis] === Adjective === curūlis (neuter curūle); third-declension two-termination adjective of or pertaining to a chariot (as a noun, with implied "sella") the curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory, used by the consuls, praetors, and curule aediles, who hence received their name pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “curulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “curulis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN