cura viarum)

cūra, ae, f. [caveo; cf. curo init. ], care, solicitude, carefulness, thought, concern.

Trouble (physical or mental), bestowed on something; solicitude, care, attention, pains (syn.: diligentia, opera, studium, labor, etc.; opp. neglegentia, etc.; v. the foll.; very freq. in every per. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

Ab. sol.: curantes magnā cum curā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107:

magnā cum curā ego illum curari volo,

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9:

in aliquā re curam ponere (just before: magnum studi um multamque operam, etc.),

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19:

haec tam acrem curam diligentiamque desiderant,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 184;

so with diligentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 86:

si utrumque cum curā et studio fecerimus,

id. 10, 7, 29:

aliquid cum curā exsequi,

Liv. 39, 41, 6:

plus laboris et curae,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 13;

so with labor,

id. 2, 2, 10 al.:

cura et industria,

Suet. Gram. 21:

ut in rem publicam omni cogitatione curāque incumberes,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2;

so with cogitatio,

id. ib. 10, 3, 3; id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; and in plur., id. Off. 2, 1, 2;

opp. neglegentia,

Quint. 11, 3, 137; 11, 3, 19:

non naturam defecisse sed curam,

id. 1, 1, 2;

so opp. natura,

id. 1, 2, 4; 2, 8, 5:

omni curā vestigare,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

omni curā in aliquid incumbere,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2:

omnem curam in siderum cognitione ponere,

id. Div. 1, 42, 93:

cura et meditatio accessit,

Tac. Or. 16; cf. id. Agr. 10 et saep.:

eo majore curā illam (rem publicam) administrari,

Sall. J. 85, 2:

curam praestare,

Suet. Tib. 18:

in re unā consumere curam (for which, in foll. verse, laborare),

Hor. S. 2, 4, 48 et saep.: esse cura alicui, to be an object of one's care:

cura pii diis sunt et qui coluere coluntur,

Ov. M. 8, 724.—

With gen., care, attention, management, administration, charge, a guardianship, concern for a person or thing, etc.:

difficilis rerum alienarum,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30; cf.:

rerum domesticarum,

Quint. 3, 3, 9:

maxima belli,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

agrorum,

Quint. 12, 1, 6:

corporis,

id. 1, 11, 15:

capillorum,

Suet. Dom. 18:

funeris sui,

id. Tib. 51 et saep.:

deorum,

Liv. 6, 41, 9:

civium,

id. 6, 15, 11:

nepotum,

Quint. 4, prooem. §

2: magni Caesaris,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 50; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 37; Sen. Ep. 14, 2 et saep.—

With de and abl.:

omnis cura de re publicā,

Cic. Brut. 3, 10:

quocum mihi conjuncta cura de publicā re et privatā fuit,

id. Lael. 4, 15:

si qua de Pompejo nostro tuendo... cura te attigit,

id. Att. 9, 11, 2, A:

gratissima est mihi tua cura de illo mandato,

id. ib. 5, 4, 1.—So with de:

curam habere, agere, etc.: de vitā communi omnium curam habere,

Vitr. 1, 2, init.:

Romani tamquam de Samnitibus non de se curam agerent,

Liv. 8, 3, 8.—

With pro:

omnium non tam pro Aetolis cura erat, quam ne, etc.,

Liv. 27, 30, 5:

curam habere pro aliquo,

Veg. 2, 20:

curam pro nobis hospitis, uxor, agas,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 302.—

Curae (alicui) esse, to be an object of care or attention; to have a care for, take care of, attend to, to be anxious about, bestow pains upon, etc.:

Caesar pollicitus est, sibi eam rem curae futuram, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

haec sibi esse curae,

id. ib. 1, 40:

rati sese diis curae esse,

Sall. J. 75, 9:

cui salus mea fuit curae,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 22; 15, 2, 8; Quint. 3, 8, 45 et saep.:

ea tantae mihi curae sunt, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

pollicetur sibi magnae curae fore, ut omnia restituerentur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; cf.:

si tibi curae Quantae conveniat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 30:

ipsis doctoribus hoc esse curae velim, ut, etc.,

Quint. 2, 4, 5:

dumque amor est curae,

Ov. M. 2, 683:

ceterum magis vis morbi ingravescens curae erat, terroresque ac prodigia,

Liv. 4, 21, 5:

ceterum eo tempore minus ea bella... curae patribus erant, quam expectatio, etc.,

id. 35, 23, 1:

in eorum periculis non secus absentes quam praesentes amicos Attico esse curae,

Nep. Att. 12, 5.—With a subject-clause:

nonnulli, quibus non fuit curae caelestem inveterare aquam, etc.,

Col. 12, 12, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 4; 9, 3, 74:

eligere modo curae sit,

id. 10, 1, 31:

mihi erit curae explorare provinciae voluntatem,

Plin. Ep. 7, 10, 2.—With de: de mandatis quod tibi curae fuit, est mihi gratum, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 8:

sic recipiunt, Caesari... de augendā meā dignitate curae fore,

Cic. Att. 11, 6, 3; cf. id. Fam. 10, 1, 1, and II. A. fin. infra:

de ceteris senatui curae fore,

Sall. J. 26, 1.—In the same sense also,

Curae aliquid habere:

cohortatus, ut petitionem suam curae haberent,

Sall. C. 21 fin.; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10;

Quint. prooem. § 16: habebo itaque curae, ut te meliorem reddam,

Sen. Ben. 1, 8, 2:

ut ille... quid ageret, curae sibi haberet certiorem facere Atticum,

Nep. Att. 20, 4.—

Cura est, with subject-clause, solicitude, care, anxiety to do any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

curaque finitimos vincere major erat,

Ov. F. 1, 30:

talis amor teneat, nec sit mihi cura mederi,

Verg. E. 8, 89:

cura comere capillum fuit,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 17, 7.—

In partic., t. t.

In political lang. (esp. of the post-Aug. per.), the management of state affairs, administration, charge, oversight, command, office:

magistratus et imperia, postremo omnis cura rerum publicarum minime mihi hac tempestate cupiunda videntur,

Sall. J. 3, 1; so,

legionis armandae,

Tac. H. 1, 80:

aerarii,

Suet. Aug. 36:

annonae,

id. Tib. 8:

operum publicorum, viarum, aquarum, etc. (preceded by nova officia),

id. Aug. 37 al. —

In the jurists, the management of business for a minor, guardianship, trusteeship (for the more usu. curatio), Dig. 3, 1, 1; 5, 1, 19 et saep.—

In medic., medical attendance, healing (for curatio), cure:

aquae, quae sub cutem est,

Cels. 2, 10; Vell. 2, 123; Sil. 6, 551 Drak. et saep.— Plur.:

curae aegrescentium,

Macr. S. 7, 4, 6.—Hence, poet.:

illa fuit lacrimis ultima cura meis (sc. somnus),

Prop. 1, 3, 46; cf. Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—

In agriculture, care, culture, rearing:

Pelusiacae lentis,

Verg. G. 1, 228:

boum,

id. ib. 1, 3.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.).

Like the Gr. meletê, a written work, writing (several times in Tac.;

elsewhere rare): quorum in manus cura nostra venerit,

Tac. A. 4, 11; id. Or. 3; Ov. P. 4, 16, 39. —In plur., Tac. A. 3, 24.—

An attendant, guardian, overseer (very rare):

tertius immundae cura fidelis harae,

i. e. the swine - herd Eumæus, Ov. H. 1, 104: praetorii, Treb. Claud. 14; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 45; 2, 1.—

Anxiety, solicitude, concern, disquiet, trouble, grief, sorrow; syn.: sollicitudo, metus, etc.; cf. phrontis (very freq. in every per. and species of composition).

In gen.: si quid ego adjuro curamve levasso, quae nunc te coquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

animus lassus, curā confectus,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

cottidianā curā angere ani mum,

id. Phorm. 1, 3, 8:

curae metusque,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: cura et sollicitudo. id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Quint. 8, prooem. § 20;

11, 1, 44 et saep.: curas cordis manis,

Lucr. 3, 116:

acres cuppedinis,

id. 5, 46:

gravi saucia curā (Dido),

Verg. A. 4, 1:

atra, Hor C. 3, 1, 40: edaces,

id. ib. 2, 11, 18:

vitiosa,

id. ib. 2, 16, 22:

sine curā esse,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 4; 15, 12, 2:

quid facerem, curā cruciabar miser,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 23:

cura est, negoti quid sit aut quid nuntiet,

I am anxious, my concern is, id. ib. 1, 2, 10; cf.: amica mea quid agat, Cura est, ut valeat, id. Stich. [p. 501] 5, 2, 4:

mihi maximae curae est, non de meā quidem vitā, sed me patria sollicitat, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 1.—With pro:

quam pro me curam geris,

Verg. A. 12, 48.—With in:

nullā in posterum curā,

Tac. H. 3, 55.— Plur.:

cur eam rem tam studiose curas, quae tibi multas dabit curas,

Auct. Her. 4, 14, 21:

at tibi curarum milia quanta dabit!

Prop. 1, 5, 10.—

In partic., the care, pain, or anxiety of love, love ( poet.):

crescit enim assidue spectando cura puellae,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 3; cf. Ov. R. Am. 311:

tua sub nostro pectore cura,

Prop. 1, 15, 31:

et juvenum curas et libera vina referre,

Hor. A. P. 85: hinc illaec primum Veneris dulcedinis in cor Stillavit gutta et successit frigida cura, chilling anxiety for one loved, Lucr. 4, 1060.—Hence,

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), the loved object, the mistress:

tua cura, Lycoris,

Verg. E. 10, 22; Prop. 2 (3), 25, 1; 2 (3), 34, 9; Hor. C. 2, 8, 8; Verg. Cir. 75; cf.:

puer, mea maxima cura,

id. A. 1, 678; 10, 132:

cura deum,

id. ib. 3, 46:

raucae, tua cura, palumbes,

id. E. 1, 57 Forbig. ad loc.

ἐπιμελ-έομαι, also [suff] ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι Hdt.1.98, 2.2, 174,al., Th.6.54 (v.l.in 7.39), Lys.7.25 (cod. M), Pl.Grg. 516b, PEleph.13.7 (iii B.C.), PCair. Zen.44.17 (iii B.C.), etc.; the [var] contr. form prevails in codd., e.g.Ar. Pl. 1117, X.An.5.7.10, Pl.Mx. 248e, and in [dialect] Att. Inscrr. from 380 B.C. (older [dialect] Att. spellings are ambiguous), and is required by the metre in E.Ph. 556: [tense] fut.

A

ἐπιμελήσομαι Hdt.5.29

, Th.3.25, etc.; - μεληθήσομαι v.l. in X.Mem.2.7.8, Aeschin.3.27 ([dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3sg.

- θησεῖ IG12(3).170.25

([place name] Astypalaea), pl. - θησεῦντι ib.12(1).694 ([place name] Rhodes)): [tense] aor.

ἐπεμελήθην Hdt.8.109

, Th.8.68, Isoc.4.38, X.Mem.1.3.11, etc. ( ἐπεμελησάμην only late, IGRom.4.684.14 (i A.D.), SIG 875 (ii A.D.), Gal.Protr. 9): [tense] pf.

ἐπιμεμέλημαι Th.6.41

: [voice] Act. only in SIG1044.31 (Halic.):— take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as E.Ph. 556, freq. in Prose: c. gen. objecti, Hdt.1.98, 5.29, Ar.V. 154, Pl. 1117, Th.3.25, Isoc.4.38, Pl.R. 331d, etc.;

περί τινος X.An.5.7.10

; [ ὑπὲρ]

τῆς στρατηγίας Id.Cyr.1.6.12

;

περί τινα Pl.Mx. 248e

: later, c.dat.,

παιδίῳ POxy.744.6

(i B.C.), cf.PTeb.58.62 (ii B.C.): c.acc.et inf., take care that.., Th.6.54: c.gen.et inf., X.Oec.20.9:folld. by ὅπως with ind. [tense] fut. or subj. [tense] aor., Foed. ap. Th.4.118, X.Mem.2.10.2, etc.: with opt. after an [tense] aor., Id.HG6.5.37; by ὅπως c.inf., Id.Cyr.4.2.37 (s.v.l.); by ὡς with opt. (after past tenses), Id.An.1.1.5, etc.; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως

ἔσται Pl.Euthphr.2d

; by ἵνα c.subj., Inscr.Prien.44.35 (ii B.C.): with neut. Adj. in acc., take care with respect to a thing, Th.6.41: c.acc. et dat.,

τὰ ἄλλα τοῖς πολεμάρχοις X.HG5.4.4

, cf. IG22.233.20 (in E. Ph. 556 the acc. belongs to ἔχοντες): c. acc. cogn.,

ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν Pl.Prt. 325c

, cf.IG22.1261.5: abs., give heed, attend, Hdt.2.2.

dē-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a., to rub away, to wear away, to wear out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.).

Prop.:

strataque jam volgi pedibus detrita viarum saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

a catena collum detritum cani,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 16; so,

vestem usu,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191; cf.:

detrita tegmina,

Tac. A. 1, 18:

aurum usu,

Plin. 33, 3, 19:

pedes (viă longă),

Tib. 1, 9, 16:

frumenta,

to thresh out, Col. 1, 6, 23; cf.

milium,

id. 6, 12, 4:

scillam,

id. 6, 27, 10:

telephion,

Plin. 27, 13, 110, § 137:

calces deteris,

you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111.—

Trop., to diminish in force, to lessen, weaken, impair:

laudes Caesaris culpă ingeni,

Hor. Od. 1, 6, 12:

aliquid velut usu ipso,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

fulgorem,

id. 10, 5, 16:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit, deteritur, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

ab alio genere vitae detriti jam,

Gell. 15, 30, 1:

quantum detritum est famae,

Sil. 7, 247:

detrita bellis Suessa,

id. 8, 399:

detereret sibi multa Lucilius,

would polish his verses, Hor. S. 1, 10, 69 (cf. just before, v. 65, limatior).— Absol.:

nimia cura deterit magis quam emendat,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35 fin. — Hence, * dētrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, hackneyed (for which in Cic. contritus):

illa in agendis causis jam detrita,

Quint. 8, 6, 51.

error, ōris, m. [id.], a wandering.

In gen., a wandering, straying or strolling about (rare and mostly poet.).

Lit.:

ad quos Ceres m illo errore venisse dicitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:

error ac dissipatio civium (sc. mercatorum),

id. Rep. 2, 4, 7 Mos. (cf. erratio, I.): navium pars ex errore eodem conferebatur, Auct. B. Afr. 11; cf. Ov. H. 16, 29; id. M. 14, 484; id. Tr. 4, 10, 100; Verg. A. 1, 755; 6, 532 et saep.— Transf., of the motion of atoms, Lucr. 2, 132; of the meanderings of rivers, Ov. M. 1, 582; of the mazes of the labyrinth, id. ib. 8, 161; 167.—

Trop., a wavering, uncertainty:

fluctuat incertis erroribus ardor amantum,

Lucr. 4, 1077: [p. 658] nec, quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio, tantus cum cura meo est error animo, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 13; cf. Liv. 9, 15; 45; 27, 47; Ov. F. 5, 362 al.; so, too, with obj. gen.:

viarum,

uncertainty, ignorance, Liv. 24, 17; cf.

veri,

Tac. H. 2, 72.—

In partic., a wandering from the right way, a going astray.

Lit. (very seldom):

reduxit me usque ex errore in viam,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 2; Curt. 5, 13 fin. —

Trop., a departing from the truth, an error, mistake, delusion (class.; cf.:

erratum, vitium, peccatum): erroris ego illos et. dementiae complebo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8:

opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem nec vera cernimus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 43; cf.:

inducere imperitos in errorem,

id. Brut. 85, 293; Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

si errorem velis tollere,

id. ib. 1, 24:

errorem tollere,

id. ib. 2, 10; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

deponere,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

eripere alicui,

id. Att. 10, 4, 6:

demere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 140 et saep.:

mentis,

i. e. distraction, insanity, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2; cf. Hor. A. P. 454; Verg. G. 3, 513; so poet. of other kinds of mental perturbation, as fear, Ov. F. 3, 555;

love,

Verg. E. 8, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 9; cf. ib. 1, 2, 35; id. M. 10, 342: aut aliquis latet error;

equo ne credite, Teucri,

some deception, Verg. A. 2, 48; cf. Liv. 22, 1:

par forma aut aetas errorem agnoscentibus fecerat,

Tac. A. 4, 63:

jaculum detulit error in Idam,

Ov. M. 5, 90.—

Esp., an error in language, a solecism, Quint. 1, 5, 47.—

Rarely a moral error, fault (cf. erro, I. B. 2.), Ov. Pont. 4, 8, 20; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 57; 2, 3, 92.—

Error, personif., = Atê, the inspirer of folly or judicial blindness, Ov. M. 12, 59.