noun #1088

cūrĭa

gen. cūriae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

kindr. with Quiris, Quirites; cf. the letter C

a curia; court, one of the thirty parts into which Romulus divided the Roman people, ten for each of the three tribes; each curia contained ten

a curia or court, one of the thirty parts into which Romulus divided the Roman people, ten for each of the three tribes; each curia contained ten gentes, Varr. ap. Dion. Hal. 2, 83; Liv. 1, 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 2, 2; Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 1 Müll.—

by metonymy

A structure built for the religious services of a curia •

A structure built for the religious services of a curia (sometimes also serving for other purposes), Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Fest. p. 174, 6 ib.: veteres, on the east side of the Palatine Hill, Varr. l. l. ib.; Tac. A. 12, 24; called curia prisca, Ov. F. 3, 140; Fest. l. l.: Novae, id. l. l.—

a festival day

Hence, dies curiae, a festival day, Cic. de Or. 1, 7. 27.—Hence,

One of the edifices in which the Senate held its consultations

One of the edifices in which the Senate held its consultations.

the Curia, Senate-house

Commonly κατʼ ἐξοχήν, the Curia Hostilia built by Tullus Hostilius (in reference to the later Curia Julia and Pompeiana, v. infra), the Curia, Senate-house, Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Liv. 1, 30, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 22; Varr. L. L. 6, § 46; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 57, 5; Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31; id. Cat. 4, 1, 2; id. Fl. 24, 57; id. Mil. 33, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 47; Ov. M. 15, 802. —

the Senate-house begun by Julius Cæsar, finished by the triumvirs, and used by the Senate after the burning of the

Curia Julia, the Senate-house begun by Julius Cæsar, finished by the triumvirs, and used by the Senate after the burning of the Curia Hostilia, Suet. Calig. 60.—

the Senate-house built by Pompey, finally closed after the assassination of Julius Cæsar in it •

Curia Pompeji or Pompeja, the Senate-house built by Pompey, finally closed after the assassination of Julius Cæsar in it, Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23; Suet. Caes. 80 sq. et saep.—Hence, trop., as emblem of law: stante urbe et curiā, Cic. Planc. 29, 71: pro curia inversique mores, Hor. C. 3, 5, 7; of the senatorial rank: curia pauperibus clausa est, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 55.—

the places of assembly; of high councils

Of the places of assembly of high councils out of Rome, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50; Liv. 24, 24, 4; Ov. M. 13, 197; Juv. 9, 101.—

The assembly of the Senate, the Senate •

The assembly of the Senate, the Senate (cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167): a curiā nulla me res divellet, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 3: aliquem in curiam introducere, Liv. 22, 1, 14; 2, 23, 11 sq.; 2, 24, 3; Suet. Caes. 22; id. Aug. 38; Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—

Curia Calabra, so called from the proclamation of the dates which was there…

Curia Calabra, so called from the proclamation of the dates which was there made; v. Calabra.—

the official building of the Salii on the Palatine Hill, consecrated to Mars, in which the sacred lituus was kept

Curia Saliorum, the official building of the Salii on the Palatine Hill, consecrated to Mars, in which the sacred lituus was kept, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30.

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