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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. | |||
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subs.
See dog.
As epithet of abuse: use Ar. and P. θηρίον, τό; see creature.
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.
