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1 curiositas
curiosity, inquisitiveness, nosiness. -
2 cūriōsitās
cūriōsitās ātis, f [curiosus], eagerness for knowledge, inquisitiveness.* * *curiosity, inquisitiveness; excessive eagerness for knowledge; nosiness -
3 curiositas
cūrĭōsĭtas, ātis, f. [curiosus], desire of knowledge, curiosity, inquisitiveness (very rare), Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2; Macr. S. 1, 11, 45; Tert. adv. Haeret. 17; id. Apol. 25. [p. 502] -
4 hio
hĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [weakened from CHAÔ, chainô, chaskô; cf. Germ. gähnen].I. A.Lit.1.In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): hiavit humus multa, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 318, 29; cf.:2.(calor) venas astringit hiantes,
Verg. G. 1, 91:vasti specus hiant defractis membris (colossi Rhodii),
Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; Hor. Epod. 8, 5:nec flos ullus hiat pratis,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 45; cf.:hiantia lilia,
Ov. A. A. 2, 115:quercum patulis rimis hiantem,
Gell. 15, 16, 2: Ch. Qui potuit videre? Ac. Oculis. Ch. Quo pacto? Ac. Hem hiantibus, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 71:oculi hiantes,
Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139:cum pisciculi in concham hiantem innataverunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123.—In partic., to open the mouth, to gape, yawn:B.inceptus clamor frustratur hiantes,
Verg. A. 6, 493:perdices hiantes, exserta lingua aestuant,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:trochilos crocodilum invitat ad hiandum pabuli sui gratia,
id. 8, 25, 37, § 90:leo immane hians,
Verg. A. 10, 726:lupus (piscis) hic Tiberinus an alto Captus hiet,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 32:profluentem aquam hianti ore captantes,
Curt. 4, 16.—Trop.1.Of speech, to be badly connected, to leave a hiatus:2.qui (vocalium concursus) cum accidit, hiat et intersistit et quasi laborat oratio,
Quint. 9, 4, 33; cf.:hiare semper vocalibus,
id. ib. 20; and:qui (poëtae), ut versum facerent, saepe hiabant: ut Naevius: Vos qui accolitis Histrum fluvium atque algidam, etc.,
Cic. Or. 45, 152; cf.also: crebrae vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt,
Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; and:concursus hiantes,
Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21:aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,
Quint. 8, 6, 62:hians compositio,
Tac. Or. 21:hiantia loqui,
Cic. Or. 9, 32.—(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To gape, with longing, wonder, or curiosity; to be eager, to long for any thing; to be amazed:II.huic homini si cujus domus patet, utrum ea patere an hiare ac poscere aliquid videtur?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:canis semper ad spem futuri hiat,
Sen. Ep. 72 med.; cf.:corvum deludet hiantem,
i. e. the legacy-hunter, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56:ne facies (equi) emptorem inducat hiantem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 88:quem ducit hiantem Cretata ambitio,
Pers. 5, 176:avaritiā semper hiante esse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134; cf. Tac. H. 1, 12 fin.:hunc plausus hiantem Per cuneos... Corripuit,
Verg. G. 2, 508:luxus et ignavia lacerabat hiantem Desidia populum,
Sil. 11, 35.—Act., to spew out ( poet. and very rare):B.subitos ex ore cruores Saucia tigris hiat,
i. e. spits, emits, Val. Fl. 6, 706.—To bawl out, utter, sing:fabula seu maesto ponatur hianda tragoedo,
Pers. 5, 3:carmen lyra,
plays, Prop. 2, 31, 6 (3, 29, 6 M.).
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