Curetes

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πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλειmany things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Cūrētes: um, m., = Κουρῆτες,
I the most ancient inhabitants of the island of Crete, who paid their worship to Jupiter (as the Corybantes, who, at a later date, were identified with them, celebrated the worship of Cybele) with noisy music and armed dances, Hyg. Fab. 139; Lucr. 2, 629; Verg. A. 3, 131 Heyne; id. G. 4, 151; Ov. M. 4, 282; id. F. 4, 210; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1877; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; Lact. 1, 11, 46 al.—
II Hence,
   A Cūrētis, ĭdis, f. adj., lit. pertaining to the Curetes; hence, poet. for Cretan: terra, Ov. M. 8, 153.—Also subst., an earlier name of the island of Crete itself, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; and of Acarnania, id. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Sil. 15, 308.—
   B Cūrētĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Cretan: carmina, Calp. Ecl. 4, 96.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Cŭrētēs, um, m. (Cures), habitants de Cures, Sabins : Varro L. 5, 8 || sing. adj. Curetis Prop. 4, 4, 9, de Cures, Sabin.
(2) Cūrētes,¹³ um, m., prêtres crétois qui veillèrent sur l’enfance de Jupiter : Virg. G. 4, 151 || -ētĭcus, a, um, des Curètes : Calp. Ecl. 4, 96.

Latin > German (Georges)

Cūrētes, um, Akk. ēs u. as, m. (Κουρητες), die alten Jupiterpriester auf Kreta, die bei den orgiastischen Festen des kretischen Jupiter (wie die später mit ihnen identifizierten Korybanten bei denen der Cybele) Waffentänze unter lärmender Musik aufführten, neben Corybantes b. Hyg. fab. 139. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 104 u. 2, 16. Ov. fast. 4, 210. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1877 Leo: allein Verg. georg. 4, 151 (das. Voß s. 788). Ov. met. 4, 282. Hyg. fab. 20. Val. Max. 2, 4, 4. Lact. 1, 11, 46: Phrygii C. = Corybantes, Lucr. 2, 629: Dictaei C., ibid. 633. – Dav. A) Cūrēticus, a, um (Κουρητικός), kuretisch, poet. für kretisch, carmina, Calp. ecl. 4, 96. – B) Cūrētis, tidis, f. (Κουρητις), kuretisch, poet. für kretisch, terra, Kreta, Ov. met. 8, 153.