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ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν → Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.
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|lshtext=<b>cūr</b>: (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. [[sometimes]] cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. contr. from [[quare]]; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the [[letter]] C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.: [[quoi]] rei, Plaut. Poen. 2, 33, = [[quam]] ob rem,<br /><b>I</b> for [[what]] [[reason]], [[wherefore]], [[why]], to [[what]] [[purpose]], from [[what]] [[motive]].<br /><b>I</b> Rel.: duae causae sunt, [[cur]] tu frequentior in [[isto]] [[officio]] esse debeas [[quam]] nos, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so, causae, [[cur]], Quint. 11, 3, 16; and: ea [[causa]], [[cur]], id. 2, 3, 11: non fuit [[causa]], [[cur]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so, [[causa]] non esset, [[cur]], id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: [[causa]] nulla est, [[cur]], id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189: [[nihil]] est causae, [[cur]], Quint. 11, 3, 59: quae [[causa]] est, [[cur]]? etc., Cic. Lael. 13, 48: [[quid]] est causae, [[cur]], etc., id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2: negare et adferre rationem [[cur]] negarent, id. ib. 6, 8, 1: id [[satis]] magnum esse [[argumentum]] dixisti, [[cur]] esse deos confiteremur, id. N. D. 1, 23, 62; so [[after]] argumenta, id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5: est [[vero]] [[cur]] [[quis]] Junonem laedere nolit, Ov. M. 2, 518; and [[with]] a [[negative]]: [[neque]] est, [[cur]], etc., Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51: non [[tamen]] est, [[cur]], Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in [[dependent]] questions: [[quid]] est, [[cur]] tu in [[isto]] [[loco]] sedeas? Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.: ne cui [[sit]] vestrum mirum, [[cur]], etc., Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.: [[miror]], [[cur]] me accusas, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. [[miror]], [[admiror]], etc.): quā in re [[primum]] illud [[reprehendo]] et [[accuso]], [[cur]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16: [[quod]] me [[saepe]] accusas, [[cur]] hunc [[meum]] casum tam [[graviter]] feram, id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3: consules invasit, [[cur]] silerent, Tac. A. 6, 4.—<br /> <b>B</b> Pregn., = cujus causā, [[propter]] [[quod]], on [[account]] of [[which]], by [[reason]] of [[which]]: [[quid]] [[ergo]] accidit, [[cur]] [[consilium]] mutarem? Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10: [[quid]] obstat, [[cur]] non verae fiant, Ter. And. 1, 1, 76: fecerit aliquid [[Philippus]], [[cur]] [[adversus]] eum ... hoc decerneremus: [[quid]] [[Perseus]] meruit... [[cur]] soli omnium hostes ei [[simus]]? Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: Caedicius negare, se commissurum, [[cur]] sibi ... [[quisquam]] [[imperium]] finiret, id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2: [[quid]] [[Aristides]] commisisset, [[cur]] tantā poenā [[dignus]] duceretur, Nep. Arist. 1, 3: [[multa]] [[quidem]] dixi, [[cur]] [[excusatus]] abirem, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est [[tibi]]? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.: quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.: [[quid]] agis? quor te is perditum? id. And. 1, 1, 107: quor non introëo in nostram domum? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3: [[quorsum]] [[tan]] dem, aut [[cur]] ista quaeris? id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube [[tibi]] agnum huc adferri [[propere]] pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non [[possum]]. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111: [[cur]] ego plebeios [[magistratus]] ... [[video]], etc., Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets [[sometimes]] placed [[after]] one or [[more]] words of a [[clause]]: stratege [[noster]], quor hic cessat [[cantharus]]? Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28: [[obsequium]] ventris mihi perniciosius est [[cur]]? Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Pregn.<br /> <b>a</b> Implying [[censure]], [[indignation]], remonstrance, etc.: quor id aussu's facere? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114: [[cur]] es [[ausus]] subigitare, etc., id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28: sed [[quid]] ego? quor me [[excrucio]]? quor me [[macero]]? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15: [[cur]] [[imperium]] [[illi]], aut [[cur]] [[illo]] [[modo]] prorogatum est, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65: [[cur]] me querelis exanimas tuis? Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—<br /> <b>b</b> Implying [[grief]], [[sorrow]], and, [[with]] negatives, [[desire]], etc.: [[eheu]] me miserum, quor non aut [[istaec]] mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17: heu me miserum, [[cur]] senatum cogor reprehendere? Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1: [[cur]] ego [[tecum]] non [[sum]]? id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—<br /> <b>c</b> With potential subj., in excusing, [[deprecating]] [[censure]], etc.: quor ego [[apud]] te mentiar? Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24: [[cur]] hunc tam [[temere]] [[quisquam]] ab [[officio]] discessurum judicaret? Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis [[salute]], [[cur]] non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Emphatic [[after]] si, cum, etc., implying a [[logical]] [[conclusion]]: tum id si falsum fuerat, [[filius]] quor non refellit? Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53: nam, si res publica defenditur, [[cur]] ea consule [[isto]] ipso [[defensa]] non est? Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.: fac esse distentam ... [[cur]] tam multos deos [[nihil]] agere patitur? id. N. D. 3, 39, 93: [[cur]] [[autem]] quidquam ignoraret [[animus]] hominis, si esset [[deus]]? id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—<br /> <b>3</b> Strengthened by particles of [[inference]]: nam, [[enim]], [[igitur]], etc.: Am. Pestis te [[tenet]]. So. Nam quor [[istuc]] Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31: nam [[cur]] me miseram verberas? id. Aul. 1, 1, 3: quor simulas [[igitur]]? Ter. And. 1, 1, 21: [[cur]] [[enim]], [[inquies]], etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183. | |lshtext=<b>cūr</b>: (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. [[sometimes]] cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. contr. from [[quare]]; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the [[letter]] C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.: [[quoi]] rei, Plaut. Poen. 2, 33, = [[quam]] ob rem,<br /><b>I</b> for [[what]] [[reason]], [[wherefore]], [[why]], to [[what]] [[purpose]], from [[what]] [[motive]].<br /><b>I</b> Rel.: duae causae sunt, [[cur]] tu frequentior in [[isto]] [[officio]] esse debeas [[quam]] nos, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so, causae, [[cur]], Quint. 11, 3, 16; and: ea [[causa]], [[cur]], id. 2, 3, 11: non fuit [[causa]], [[cur]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so, [[causa]] non esset, [[cur]], id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: [[causa]] nulla est, [[cur]], id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189: [[nihil]] est causae, [[cur]], Quint. 11, 3, 59: quae [[causa]] est, [[cur]]? etc., Cic. Lael. 13, 48: [[quid]] est causae, [[cur]], etc., id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2: negare et adferre rationem [[cur]] negarent, id. ib. 6, 8, 1: id [[satis]] magnum esse [[argumentum]] dixisti, [[cur]] esse deos confiteremur, id. N. D. 1, 23, 62; so [[after]] argumenta, id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5: est [[vero]] [[cur]] [[quis]] Junonem laedere nolit, Ov. M. 2, 518; and [[with]] a [[negative]]: [[neque]] est, [[cur]], etc., Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51: non [[tamen]] est, [[cur]], Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in [[dependent]] questions: [[quid]] est, [[cur]] tu in [[isto]] [[loco]] sedeas? Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.: ne cui [[sit]] vestrum mirum, [[cur]], etc., Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.: [[miror]], [[cur]] me accusas, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. [[miror]], [[admiror]], etc.): quā in re [[primum]] illud [[reprehendo]] et [[accuso]], [[cur]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16: [[quod]] me [[saepe]] accusas, [[cur]] hunc [[meum]] casum tam [[graviter]] feram, id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3: consules invasit, [[cur]] silerent, Tac. A. 6, 4.—<br /> <b>B</b> Pregn., = cujus causā, [[propter]] [[quod]], on [[account]] of [[which]], by [[reason]] of [[which]]: [[quid]] [[ergo]] accidit, [[cur]] [[consilium]] mutarem? Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10: [[quid]] obstat, [[cur]] non verae fiant, Ter. And. 1, 1, 76: fecerit aliquid [[Philippus]], [[cur]] [[adversus]] eum ... hoc decerneremus: [[quid]] [[Perseus]] meruit... [[cur]] soli omnium hostes ei [[simus]]? Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: Caedicius negare, se commissurum, [[cur]] sibi ... [[quisquam]] [[imperium]] finiret, id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2: [[quid]] [[Aristides]] commisisset, [[cur]] tantā poenā [[dignus]] duceretur, Nep. Arist. 1, 3: [[multa]] [[quidem]] dixi, [[cur]] [[excusatus]] abirem, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est [[tibi]]? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.: quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.: [[quid]] agis? quor te is perditum? id. And. 1, 1, 107: quor non introëo in nostram domum? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3: [[quorsum]] [[tan]] dem, aut [[cur]] ista quaeris? id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube [[tibi]] agnum huc adferri [[propere]] pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non [[possum]]. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111: [[cur]] ego plebeios [[magistratus]] ... [[video]], etc., Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets [[sometimes]] placed [[after]] one or [[more]] words of a [[clause]]: stratege [[noster]], quor hic cessat [[cantharus]]? Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28: [[obsequium]] ventris mihi perniciosius est [[cur]]? Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Pregn.<br /> <b>a</b> Implying [[censure]], [[indignation]], remonstrance, etc.: quor id aussu's facere? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114: [[cur]] es [[ausus]] subigitare, etc., id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28: sed [[quid]] ego? quor me [[excrucio]]? quor me [[macero]]? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15: [[cur]] [[imperium]] [[illi]], aut [[cur]] [[illo]] [[modo]] prorogatum est, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65: [[cur]] me querelis exanimas tuis? Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—<br /> <b>b</b> Implying [[grief]], [[sorrow]], and, [[with]] negatives, [[desire]], etc.: [[eheu]] me miserum, quor non aut [[istaec]] mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17: heu me miserum, [[cur]] senatum cogor reprehendere? Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1: [[cur]] ego [[tecum]] non [[sum]]? id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—<br /> <b>c</b> With potential subj., in excusing, [[deprecating]] [[censure]], etc.: quor ego [[apud]] te mentiar? Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24: [[cur]] hunc tam [[temere]] [[quisquam]] ab [[officio]] discessurum judicaret? Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis [[salute]], [[cur]] non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Emphatic [[after]] si, cum, etc., implying a [[logical]] [[conclusion]]: tum id si falsum fuerat, [[filius]] quor non refellit? Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53: nam, si res publica defenditur, [[cur]] ea consule [[isto]] ipso [[defensa]] non est? Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.: fac esse distentam ... [[cur]] tam multos deos [[nihil]] agere patitur? id. N. D. 3, 39, 93: [[cur]] [[autem]] quidquam ignoraret [[animus]] hominis, si esset [[deus]]? id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—<br /> <b>3</b> Strengthened by particles of [[inference]]: nam, [[enim]], [[igitur]], etc.: Am. Pestis te [[tenet]]. So. Nam quor [[istuc]] Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31: nam [[cur]] me miseram verberas? id. Aul. 1, 1, 3: quor simulas [[igitur]]? Ter. And. 1, 1, 21: [[cur]] [[enim]], [[inquies]], etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183. | ||
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|gf=<b>cūr</b>,⁶ adv. interrogatif,<br /><b>1</b> [direct] pourquoi ? : Pl., Ter., Cic., Cæs., etc. || [avec une prop. inf.] : Liv. 5, 24, 5 || [poét. après [[plus]]. mots] : Hor. S. 2, 7, 104<br /><b>2</b> [indirect, avec subj.] : duæ sunt causæ [[cur]] Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2 ; [[non]] fuit [[causa]] [[cur]] Cic. Clu. 169 ; quæ [[causa]] [[est]] [[cur]] Cic. Læl. 48 ; [[quid]] [[est]] causæ [[cur]] Cic. Fl. 5 ; adferre rationem [[cur]] Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1 ; Phil. 2, 56, il y a deux raisons, il n’y avait pas de raison, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; apporter une explication pour justifier que ; [[argumentum]] adferre [[cur]] Cic. Nat. 3, 10, apporter une preuve que ; [[quid]] [[est]] [[cur]] Cic. de Or. 1, 69, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; [[nihil]] habet in se [[gloria]] [[cur]] expetatur Cic. Tusc. 1, 109, la gloire n’a [[rien]] en soi qui justifie qu’on la recherche ; [[nihil]] necessitatis adfert, [[cur]] nascantur animi, [[similitudo]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 80, la comparaison n’apporte aucune preuve décisive d’une naissance de l’âme ; [[mora]], [[cur]] [[non]] [[extemplo]] oppugnarentur, ea fuit, [[quod]]... Liv. 32, 32, 5, le retard expliquant qu’on ne les attaquât pas sur-le-champ vint de ce que... arch. quor Pl. Amph. 409 ; As. 591, etc. ; qur Pl. Amph. 581 ; Epid. 575, etc. ; CIL 1, 2189 ; cf. Prisc. Gramm. 1, 48.||[avec une prop. inf.] : Liv. 5, 24, 5||[poét. après [[plus]]. mots] : Hor. S. 2, 7, 104<br /><b>2</b> [indirect, avec subj.] : duæ sunt causæ [[cur]] Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2 ; [[non]] fuit [[causa]] [[cur]] Cic. Clu. 169 ; quæ [[causa]] [[est]] [[cur]] Cic. Læl. 48 ; [[quid]] [[est]] causæ [[cur]] Cic. Fl. 5 ; adferre rationem [[cur]] Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1 ; Phil. 2, 56, il y a deux raisons, il n’y avait pas de raison, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; apporter une explication pour justifier que ; [[argumentum]] adferre [[cur]] Cic. Nat. 3, 10, apporter une preuve que ; [[quid]] [[est]] [[cur]] Cic. de Or. 1, 69, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; [[nihil]] habet in se [[gloria]] [[cur]] expetatur Cic. Tusc. 1, 109, la gloire n’a [[rien]] en soi qui justifie qu’on la recherche ; [[nihil]] necessitatis adfert, [[cur]] nascantur animi, [[similitudo]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 80, la comparaison n’apporte aucune preuve décisive d’une naissance de l’âme ; [[mora]], [[cur]] [[non]] [[extemplo]] oppugnarentur, ea fuit, [[quod]]... Liv. 32, 32, 5, le retard expliquant qu’on ne les attaquât pas sur-le-champ vint de ce que... arch. quor Pl. Amph. 409 ; As. 591, etc. ; qur Pl. Amph. 581 ; Epid. 575, etc. ; CIL 1, 2189 ; cf. Prisc. Gramm. 1, 48. | |||
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|georg=cūr, Adv. (gotisch hwar, ahd. hwār, wo?; vgl. altind. kar-hi, [[wann]]?), [[wozu]] = [[weshalb]], [[warum]], I) [[relativ]]: duae sunt causae, [[cur]] etc., Cic.: [[causa]] [[non]] est, [[cur]], Cic.: afferre rationem, [[cur]], Cic.: argumenta, [[cur]], Cic.: est [[vero]], [[cur]], Ov.: [[neque]] est, [[cur]], Plaut.: [[quid]] est, [[cur]], Cic.: ne mirere, [[cur]], Cic.: [[multa]] [[quidem]] [[dixi]], [[cur]], Hor. – II) interrogativ: [[quid]] agis? [[cur]] te is perditum? Ter.: [[cur]] [[non]] [[assum]]? Cic.: [[cur]] senatum cogor reprehendere? Cic.: Ch. Apud me [[sis]] [[volo]], Me. Non [[possum]]. Ch. Cur [[non]]? Ter.: in [[rhetor]]. [[Frage]] der indir. [[Rede]] [[mit]] folg. Akk. u. Infin. Liv. 5, 24, 5. – [[bei]] Dichtern zuw. [[nach]] einem od. mehreren Wörtern [[des]] Satzes gestellt, [[noster]] [[cur]] [[hic]] cessat [[cantharus]]? Plaut.: [[obsequium]] ventris [[mihi]] perniciosius est [[cur]]? Hor. – / arch. quōr (s. Vel. Long. [VII] 71, 2 u. 77, 10) Plaut. Amph. 409; asin. 591 u. ö. – [[auch]] qūr geschr., Plaut. merc. 471 u. 504. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1454 u. quūr, Anthol. Lat. 483 v. 16. 17. 45. 53 (R.) codd.; vgl. Prisc. 1, 48. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 12 June 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
See dog.
As epithet of abuse: use Ar. and P. θηρίον, τό; see creature.
Latin > English
cur ADV :: why, wherefore; for what reason/purpose?; on account of which?; because
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cūr: (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. sometimes cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. contr. from quare; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the letter C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.: quoi rei, Plaut. Poen. 2, 33, = quam ob rem,
I for what reason, wherefore, why, to what purpose, from what motive.
I Rel.: duae causae sunt, cur tu frequentior in isto officio esse debeas quam nos, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so, causae, cur, Quint. 11, 3, 16; and: ea causa, cur, id. 2, 3, 11: non fuit causa, cur, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so, causa non esset, cur, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: causa nulla est, cur, id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189: nihil est causae, cur, Quint. 11, 3, 59: quae causa est, cur? etc., Cic. Lael. 13, 48: quid est causae, cur, etc., id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2: negare et adferre rationem cur negarent, id. ib. 6, 8, 1: id satis magnum esse argumentum dixisti, cur esse deos confiteremur, id. N. D. 1, 23, 62; so after argumenta, id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5: est vero cur quis Junonem laedere nolit, Ov. M. 2, 518; and with a negative: neque est, cur, etc., Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51: non tamen est, cur, Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in dependent questions: quid est, cur tu in isto loco sedeas? Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.: ne cui sit vestrum mirum, cur, etc., Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.: miror, cur me accusas, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. miror, admiror, etc.): quā in re primum illud reprehendo et accuso, cur, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16: quod me saepe accusas, cur hunc meum casum tam graviter feram, id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3: consules invasit, cur silerent, Tac. A. 6, 4.—
B Pregn., = cujus causā, propter quod, on account of which, by reason of which: quid ergo accidit, cur consilium mutarem? Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10: quid obstat, cur non verae fiant, Ter. And. 1, 1, 76: fecerit aliquid Philippus, cur adversus eum ... hoc decerneremus: quid Perseus meruit... cur soli omnium hostes ei simus? Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: Caedicius negare, se commissurum, cur sibi ... quisquam imperium finiret, id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2: quid Aristides commisisset, cur tantā poenā dignus duceretur, Nep. Arist. 1, 3: multa quidem dixi, cur excusatus abirem, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—
II Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est tibi? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.: quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.: quid agis? quor te is perditum? id. And. 1, 1, 107: quor non introëo in nostram domum? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3: quorsum tan dem, aut cur ista quaeris? id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube tibi agnum huc adferri propere pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non possum. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111: cur ego plebeios magistratus ... video, etc., Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets sometimes placed after one or more words of a clause: stratege noster, quor hic cessat cantharus? Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28: obsequium ventris mihi perniciosius est cur? Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—
B Esp.
1 Pregn.
a Implying censure, indignation, remonstrance, etc.: quor id aussu's facere? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114: cur es ausus subigitare, etc., id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28: sed quid ego? quor me excrucio? quor me macero? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15: cur imperium illi, aut cur illo modo prorogatum est, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65: cur me querelis exanimas tuis? Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—
b Implying grief, sorrow, and, with negatives, desire, etc.: eheu me miserum, quor non aut istaec mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17: heu me miserum, cur senatum cogor reprehendere? Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1: cur ego tecum non sum? id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—
c With potential subj., in excusing, deprecating censure, etc.: quor ego apud te mentiar? Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24: cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret? Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis salute, cur non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—
2 Emphatic after si, cum, etc., implying a logical conclusion: tum id si falsum fuerat, filius quor non refellit? Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53: nam, si res publica defenditur, cur ea consule isto ipso defensa non est? Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.: fac esse distentam ... cur tam multos deos nihil agere patitur? id. N. D. 3, 39, 93: cur autem quidquam ignoraret animus hominis, si esset deus? id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—
3 Strengthened by particles of inference: nam, enim, igitur, etc.: Am. Pestis te tenet. So. Nam quor istuc Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31: nam cur me miseram verberas? id. Aul. 1, 1, 3: quor simulas igitur? Ter. And. 1, 1, 21: cur enim, inquies, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cūr,⁶ adv. interrogatif,
1 [direct] pourquoi ? : Pl., Ter., Cic., Cæs., etc. || [avec une prop. inf.] : Liv. 5, 24, 5 || [poét. après plus. mots] : Hor. S. 2, 7, 104
2 [indirect, avec subj.] : duæ sunt causæ cur Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2 ; non fuit causa cur Cic. Clu. 169 ; quæ causa est cur Cic. Læl. 48 ; quid est causæ cur Cic. Fl. 5 ; adferre rationem cur Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1 ; Phil. 2, 56, il y a deux raisons, il n’y avait pas de raison, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; apporter une explication pour justifier que ; argumentum adferre cur Cic. Nat. 3, 10, apporter une preuve que ; quid est cur Cic. de Or. 1, 69, quelle raison y a-t-il pour que ; nihil habet in se gloria cur expetatur Cic. Tusc. 1, 109, la gloire n’a rien en soi qui justifie qu’on la recherche ; nihil necessitatis adfert, cur nascantur animi, similitudo Cic. Tusc. 1, 80, la comparaison n’apporte aucune preuve décisive d’une naissance de l’âme ; mora, cur non extemplo oppugnarentur, ea fuit, quod... Liv. 32, 32, 5, le retard expliquant qu’on ne les attaquât pas sur-le-champ vint de ce que... arch. quor Pl. Amph. 409 ; As. 591, etc. ; qur Pl. Amph. 581 ; Epid. 575, etc. ; CIL 1, 2189 ; cf. Prisc. Gramm. 1, 48.
Latin > German (Georges)
cūr, Adv. (gotisch hwar, ahd. hwār, wo?; vgl. altind. kar-hi, wann?), wozu = weshalb, warum, I) relativ: duae sunt causae, cur etc., Cic.: causa non est, cur, Cic.: afferre rationem, cur, Cic.: argumenta, cur, Cic.: est vero, cur, Ov.: neque est, cur, Plaut.: quid est, cur, Cic.: ne mirere, cur, Cic.: multa quidem dixi, cur, Hor. – II) interrogativ: quid agis? cur te is perditum? Ter.: cur non assum? Cic.: cur senatum cogor reprehendere? Cic.: Ch. Apud me sis volo, Me. Non possum. Ch. Cur non? Ter.: in rhetor. Frage der indir. Rede mit folg. Akk. u. Infin. Liv. 5, 24, 5. – bei Dichtern zuw. nach einem od. mehreren Wörtern des Satzes gestellt, noster cur hic cessat cantharus? Plaut.: obsequium ventris mihi perniciosius est cur? Hor. – / arch. quōr (s. Vel. Long. [VII] 71, 2 u. 77, 10) Plaut. Amph. 409; asin. 591 u. ö. – auch qūr geschr., Plaut. merc. 471 u. 504. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1454 u. quūr, Anthol. Lat. 483 v. 16. 17. 45. 53 (R.) codd.; vgl. Prisc. 1, 48.
