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|lnetxt=curiosus curiosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: [[careful]], [[diligent]], [[painstaking]]; [[attentive]]; [[fussy]]; [[meddlesome]], [[interfering]]<br />curiosus curiosus curiosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: labored/elaborate/complicated; eager to know, curious, inquisitive; careworn<br />curiosus curiosus curiosi N M :: [[spy]], [[one who is prying]]; [[scout]]; [[informer]]; [[class of secret spys]]; [[secret police]]
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|lshtext=<b>cūrĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[cura]].<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[cura]], I.) Bestowing [[care]] or pains [[upon]] a [[thing]], applying one's [[self]] [[assiduously]], [[careful]], [[diligent]], [[thoughtful]], [[devoted]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in or ad: in omni historiā [[curiosus]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: si me [[nihilo]] [[minus]] nosti curiosum in re publicā [[quam]] te, id. Att. 5, 14, 3: ad investigandum curiosior, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[post]]-Aug.): medicinae, Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7: memoriae, Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.: curiosissimus famae suae, [[Capitol]]. Anton. Philos. 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[circa]]: [[circa]] uxoris pudicitiam [[minus]] [[curiosus]] fuit, [[Capitol]]. Pert. 13, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: non [[quidem]] [[doctus]], sed [[curiosus]], Petr. 46, 6; so, [[pictor]], id. 29, 4: [[felicitas]] Horatii, id. 118, 5: [[manus]], id. 13, 1: consilia, Quint. 7, 5, 2: interpolatione, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[excess]], [[too]] [[eager]]: est [[etiam]] supervacua (ut sic dixerim) [[operositas]], ut a diligenti [[curiosus]] et a religione [[superstitio]] distat, Quint. 8, 3, 55.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[inquiring]] [[eagerly]] or [[anxiously]] [[about]] a [[thing]], [[inquiring]] [[into]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; [[curious]], [[inquisitive]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: ne curiosissimi [[quidem]] homines exquirendo audire tam [[multa]] possunt, [[quam]], etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.: curiosis oculis perspici non possit, Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implying [[censure]] ( = [[πολυπράγμων]]>), [[meddlesome]], [[officious]], [[curious]], [[prying]], [[inquisitive]]: [[primum]] patere me esse curiosum, Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.: [[quare]] ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me, id. ib. 4, 11, 2: curiosum aliquem extimescere, Petr. 127: Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint, Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one [[who]] is [[prying]], a [[spy]], [[scout]]: curiosum ac speculatorem [[ratus]], Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a [[class]] of [[secret]] spies, [[secret]] [[police]], an [[informer]], etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[cura]], II.) Lit., [[that]] injures [[himself]] by [[care]]; [[hence]], transf., [[emaciated]], [[wasted]], [[lean]]: [[belua]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]); cf.: [[nempe]] [[ille]] vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).—Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. A.) With [[care]], [[carefully]]: involvendus vestimentis, Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2: cavere, Suet. Aug. 40 al.—Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.—Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Too [[nicely]], [[carefully]], or [[particularly]]: [[curiose]] [[potius]] [[quam]] Latine loqui, Quint. 8, 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, [[curiously]]: inquirerem, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Comp.: curiosius conquiram, Cic. Brut. 35, 133: facere aliquid, id. N. D. 1, 5, 10: animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri), id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.
|lshtext=<b>cūrĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[cura]].<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[cura]], I.) Bestowing [[care]] or pains [[upon]] a [[thing]], applying one's [[self]] [[assiduously]], [[careful]], [[diligent]], [[thoughtful]], [[devoted]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in or ad: in omni historiā [[curiosus]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: si me [[nihilo]] [[minus]] nosti curiosum in re publicā [[quam]] te, id. Att. 5, 14, 3: ad investigandum curiosior, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[post]]-Aug.): medicinae, Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7: memoriae, Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.: curiosissimus famae suae, [[Capitol]]. Anton. Philos. 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[circa]]: [[circa]] uxoris pudicitiam [[minus]] [[curiosus]] fuit, [[Capitol]]. Pert. 13, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: non [[quidem]] [[doctus]], sed [[curiosus]], Petr. 46, 6; so, [[pictor]], id. 29, 4: [[felicitas]] Horatii, id. 118, 5: [[manus]], id. 13, 1: consilia, Quint. 7, 5, 2: interpolatione, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[excess]], [[too]] [[eager]]: est [[etiam]] supervacua (ut sic dixerim) [[operositas]], ut a diligenti [[curiosus]] et a religione [[superstitio]] distat, Quint. 8, 3, 55.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[inquiring]] [[eagerly]] or [[anxiously]] [[about]] a [[thing]], [[inquiring]] [[into]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; [[curious]], [[inquisitive]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: ne curiosissimi [[quidem]] homines exquirendo audire tam [[multa]] possunt, [[quam]], etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.: curiosis oculis perspici non possit, Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implying [[censure]] ( = [[πολυπράγμων]]), [[meddlesome]], [[officious]], [[curious]], [[prying]], [[inquisitive]]: [[primum]] patere me esse curiosum, Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.: [[quare]] ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me, id. ib. 4, 11, 2: curiosum aliquem extimescere, Petr. 127: Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint, Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one [[who]] is [[prying]], a [[spy]], [[scout]]: curiosum ac speculatorem [[ratus]], Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a [[class]] of [[secret]] spies, [[secret]] [[police]], an [[informer]], etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[cura]], II.) Lit., [[that]] injures [[himself]] by [[care]]; [[hence]], transf., [[emaciated]], [[wasted]], [[lean]]: [[belua]], Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the [[passage]] in [[connection]]); cf.: [[nempe]] [[ille]] vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).—Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. A.) With [[care]], [[carefully]]: involvendus vestimentis, Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2: cavere, Suet. Aug. 40 al.—Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.—Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Too [[nicely]], [[carefully]], or [[particularly]]: [[curiose]] [[potius]] [[quam]] Latine loqui, Quint. 8, 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, [[curiously]]: inquirerem, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Comp.: curiosius conquiram, Cic. Brut. 35, 133: facere aliquid, id. N. D. 1, 5, 10: animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri), id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cūrĭōsus</b>,¹¹ a, um ([[cura]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui a du soin, soigneux : in omni [[historia]] [[curiosus]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 108, qui apporte ses soins à toute espèce de recherche historique ; ad investigandum curiosior Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5, [[plus]] scrupuleux dans ses recherches ; medicinæ Plin. 25, 7, qui s’applique à la médecine<br /><b>2</b> soigneux à l’excès, minutieux : [[Varro]] L. 6, 46 ; Quint. 8, 3, 55 ; cf. Gell. 13, 1 ; 18, 15<br /><b>3</b> [[avide]] de savoir, curieux : curiosissimi homines Cic. Nat. 1, 97, les hommes les [[plus]] avides de savoir (Fam. 3, 1, 1 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 3, 5 ) ; curiosis oculis Cic. Sest. 22, avec des yeux curieux ; [[omnia]] scire, cujuscumque modi sint, cupere curiosorum [[est]] putandum Cic. Fin. 5, 49, désirer tout savoir, sans choix, doit être regardé comme le fait d’une [[pure]] curiosité &#124;&#124; [mauv. part] curieux, indiscret : Cic. Fin. 1, 3 ; Fl. 70 &#124;&#124; vétilleux : Cic. Fin. 2, 28 &#124;&#124; [pris subst<sup>t</sup>] espion : Suet. Aug. 27 ; [et [[plus]] tard] agent de police secrète : Cod. Just. 12, 22, tit., etc.<br /><b>4</b> qui a du souci, cf. [[curio]] 3 : Afran. 250.||[mauv. part] curieux, indiscret : Cic. Fin. 1, 3 ; Fl. 70||vétilleux : Cic. Fin. 2, 28||[pris subst<sup>t</sup>] espion : Suet. Aug. 27 ; [et [[plus]] tard] agent de police secrète : Cod. Just. 12, 22, tit., etc.<br /><b>4</b> qui a du souci, cf. [[curio]] 3 : Afran. 250.
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{{Georges
|georg=cūriōsus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[cura]]), I) (v. [[cura]] no. I) [[voll]] [[Sorge]] [[oder]] [[Sorgfalt]], [[voll]] [[Interesse]], A) im allg.: a) aktiv = [[mit]] großer [[Sorgfalt]]-, [[mit]] großem [[Interesse]]- ([[mit]] großer [[Teilnahme]]-), [[mit]] großer Aufmerksamkeit verfahrend, [[sorgfältig]], es [[genau]] nehmend, [[aufmerksam]], α) absol.: [[pastor]], [[Varro]]: [[pictor]], [[manus]], Petron.: [[quidam]] curiosior, [[gar]] [[teilnehmend]], Phaedr.: curiosis ([[mit]] forschenden) oculis perspici [[non]] posse, Cic.: curiosis oculis speculari alqd, Val. Max.: auribus erectis curiosisque audire alqd, Sen. – β) [[mit]] Genet. = [[Sorge]] tragend [[für]] usw., [[sich]] kümmernd um usw., [[sich]] interessierend [[für]] usw., medicinae [[peculiariter]] c., Plin.: memoriae curiosi, [[Geschichtschreiber]], Aur. Vict.: [[iuvenis]] [[cito]] [[omnis]] officii [[curiosus]], Sen.: [[deus]] [[non]] exaudiens vota [[nec]] [[nostri]] [[curiosus]], Sen.: famae suae curiosissimus, Capit. – γ) [[mit]] in u. Abl.: permulta [[alia]] colligit [[Chrysippus]], ut est in omni [[historia]] (in allem Geschichtlichen) [[curiosus]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 108. – δ) m. ad u. Akk.: [[quo]] [[minus]] [[familiaris]] [[sum]], [[hoc]] [[sum]] ad investigandum curiosior, [[desto]] angelegener lasse [[ich]] es mir [[sein]], ihn auszuforschen, Cic. ep. 4, 13, 5. – ε) m. [[circa]] u. Akk.: [[circa]] uxoris pudicitiam [[minus]] [[curiosus]] fuit, Capit. Pert. 13, 8. – b) [[passiv]] = [[mit]] großer [[Sorgfalt]] (Aufmerksamkeit) betrieben, [[sorgfältig]], [[aufmerksam]], [[victus]], Cels.: consilia, Quint.: curiosior [[sui]] cul [[tus]], Val. Max.: curiosior [[observatio]], Cels. u. Val. Max. – m. ad (in bezug [[auf]]) u. Akk.: fuit vestitu ad munditiem curioso, Macr. [[sat]]. 2, 9 (3, 13), 4: oculis ad libidinem curiosis, Cypr. de habit. virg. 19. – B) insbes.: a) [[wißbegierig]], [[neugierig]], [[vorwitzig]], [[isti]] curiosi, Cic.: sunt homines naturā curiosi, Plin. ep.: ut [[ipse]] [[nosti]] [[curiosus]], Hor.: [[primum]] patĕre me [[esse]] curiosum, Cic.: [[nihil]] curiosius otiosis, Plin. ep.: ne curiosissimi [[quidem]] homines exquirendo audire [[tam]] [[multa]] possunt, [[quam]] etc., Cic. – m. in u. Abl., si me [[nihilo]] [[minus]] [[nosti]] curiosum in re [[publica]] [[quam]] te, Cic. ad Att. 5, 14, 3. – dah. zur [[Kaiserzeit]], curiosum ac speculatorem [[ratus]], [[für]] [[einen]] Aufpasser u. [[Späher]], Suet. Aug. 27, 3: [[später]] eine [[bes]]. [[Klasse]] geheimer Aufpasser, Polizeispitzel, [[Angeber]], Denunzianten, Cod. Theod. 12. tit. 23. – b) [[pedantisch]] im Ausdrucke, überfein, Quint. 8, 3, 55. – II) (v. [[cura]] no. II) »[[kummervoll]]«; dah. [[vor]] [[Kummer]] abgezehrt, Afran. com. 250.
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|lnztxt=curiosus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: 好事者。勤學者。偷看者。多事者。— nemo est quin sit malevolus 多事者必爲乖戾徒。 Medicinae curiosus 好學醫。
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 12 June 2024

Latin > English

curiosus curiosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: careful, diligent, painstaking; attentive; fussy; meddlesome, interfering
curiosus curiosus curiosa -um, curiosior -or -us, curiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: labored/elaborate/complicated; eager to know, curious, inquisitive; careworn
curiosus curiosus curiosi N M :: spy, one who is prying; scout; informer; class of secret spys; secret police

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cūrĭōsus: a, um, adj. cura.
I (Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).
   A In gen.
   (a)    With in or ad: in omni historiā curiosus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te, id. Att. 5, 14, 3: ad investigandum curiosior, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—
   (b)    With gen. (post-Aug.): medicinae, Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7: memoriae, Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.: curiosissimus famae suae, Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—
   (g)    With circa: circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit, Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—
   (d)    Absol.: non quidem doctus, sed curiosus, Petr. 46, 6; so, pictor, id. 29, 4: felicitas Horatii, id. 118, 5: manus, id. 13, 1: consilia, Quint. 7, 5, 2: interpolatione, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —*
   2    With the access. idea of excess, too eager: est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat, Quint. 8, 3, 55.—
   B In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.
   1    In gen.: ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.: curiosis oculis perspici non possit, Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—
   2    Implying censure ( = πολυπράγμων), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive: primum patere me esse curiosum, Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.: quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me, id. ib. 4, 11, 2: curiosum aliquem extimescere, Petr. 127: Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint, Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—
   b Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout: curiosum ac speculatorem ratus, Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—
II (Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean: belua, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).—Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.
   A (Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully: involvendus vestimentis, Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2: cavere, Suet. Aug. 40 al.—Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.—Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—*
   2    Too nicely, carefully, or particularly: curiose potius quam Latine loqui, Quint. 8, 1, 2.—
   B (Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously: inquirerem, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Comp.: curiosius conquiram, Cic. Brut. 35, 133: facere aliquid, id. N. D. 1, 5, 10: animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri), id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cūrĭōsus,¹¹ a, um (cura),
1 qui a du soin, soigneux : in omni historia curiosus Cic. Tusc. 1, 108, qui apporte ses soins à toute espèce de recherche historique ; ad investigandum curiosior Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5, plus scrupuleux dans ses recherches ; medicinæ Plin. 25, 7, qui s’applique à la médecine
2 soigneux à l’excès, minutieux : Varro L. 6, 46 ; Quint. 8, 3, 55 ; cf. Gell. 13, 1 ; 18, 15
3 avide de savoir, curieux : curiosissimi homines Cic. Nat. 1, 97, les hommes les plus avides de savoir (Fam. 3, 1, 1 ; Varro R. 2, 3, 5 ) ; curiosis oculis Cic. Sest. 22, avec des yeux curieux ; omnia scire, cujuscumque modi sint, cupere curiosorum est putandum Cic. Fin. 5, 49, désirer tout savoir, sans choix, doit être regardé comme le fait d’une pure curiosité || [mauv. part] curieux, indiscret : Cic. Fin. 1, 3 ; Fl. 70 || vétilleux : Cic. Fin. 2, 28 || [pris substt] espion : Suet. Aug. 27 ; [et plus tard] agent de police secrète : Cod. Just. 12, 22, tit., etc.
4 qui a du souci, cf. curio 3 : Afran. 250.

Latin > German (Georges)

cūriōsus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (cura), I) (v. cura no. I) voll Sorge oder Sorgfalt, voll Interesse, A) im allg.: a) aktiv = mit großer Sorgfalt-, mit großem Interesse- (mit großer Teilnahme-), mit großer Aufmerksamkeit verfahrend, sorgfältig, es genau nehmend, aufmerksam, α) absol.: pastor, Varro: pictor, manus, Petron.: quidam curiosior, gar teilnehmend, Phaedr.: curiosis (mit forschenden) oculis perspici non posse, Cic.: curiosis oculis speculari alqd, Val. Max.: auribus erectis curiosisque audire alqd, Sen. – β) mit Genet. = Sorge tragend für usw., sich kümmernd um usw., sich interessierend für usw., medicinae peculiariter c., Plin.: memoriae curiosi, Geschichtschreiber, Aur. Vict.: iuvenis cito omnis officii curiosus, Sen.: deus non exaudiens vota nec nostri curiosus, Sen.: famae suae curiosissimus, Capit. – γ) mit in u. Abl.: permulta alia colligit Chrysippus, ut est in omni historia (in allem Geschichtlichen) curiosus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 108. – δ) m. ad u. Akk.: quo minus familiaris sum, hoc sum ad investigandum curiosior, desto angelegener lasse ich es mir sein, ihn auszuforschen, Cic. ep. 4, 13, 5. – ε) m. circa u. Akk.: circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit, Capit. Pert. 13, 8. – b) passiv = mit großer Sorgfalt (Aufmerksamkeit) betrieben, sorgfältig, aufmerksam, victus, Cels.: consilia, Quint.: curiosior sui cul tus, Val. Max.: curiosior observatio, Cels. u. Val. Max. – m. ad (in bezug auf) u. Akk.: fuit vestitu ad munditiem curioso, Macr. sat. 2, 9 (3, 13), 4: oculis ad libidinem curiosis, Cypr. de habit. virg. 19. – B) insbes.: a) wißbegierig, neugierig, vorwitzig, isti curiosi, Cic.: sunt homines naturā curiosi, Plin. ep.: ut ipse nosti curiosus, Hor.: primum patĕre me esse curiosum, Cic.: nihil curiosius otiosis, Plin. ep.: ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam etc., Cic. – m. in u. Abl., si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publica quam te, Cic. ad Att. 5, 14, 3. – dah. zur Kaiserzeit, curiosum ac speculatorem ratus, für einen Aufpasser u. Späher, Suet. Aug. 27, 3: später eine bes. Klasse geheimer Aufpasser, Polizeispitzel, Angeber, Denunzianten, Cod. Theod. 12. tit. 23. – b) pedantisch im Ausdrucke, überfein, Quint. 8, 3, 55. – II) (v. cura no. II) »kummervoll«; dah. vor Kummer abgezehrt, Afran. com. 250.

Latin > Chinese

curiosus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 好事者。勤學者。偷看者。多事者。— nemo est quin sit malevolus 多事者必爲乖戾徒。 Medicinae curiosus 好學醫。