Curetes

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.