curule
English
Etymology
From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjʊəɹuːl/
Adjective
curule
- 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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Translations
designating a ceremonial seat used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome
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French
Adjective
curule (plural curules)
- curule
Further reading
- “curule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
curūle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of curūlis