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  • 1 emissicius

    ēmissīcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], sent out, put forth; transf.:

    oculi,

    i. e. prying about, spying, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 2:

    ocelli,

    Tert. Pall. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > emissicius

  • 2 emissitius

    ēmissīcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], sent out, put forth; transf.:

    oculi,

    i. e. prying about, spying, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 2:

    ocelli,

    Tert. Pall. 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > emissitius

  • 3 curiosus

    cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].
    I.
    (Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With in or ad:

    in omni historiā curiosus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

    si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

    id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

    ad investigandum curiosior,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—
    (β).
    With gen. (post-Aug.):

    medicinae,

    Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

    memoriae,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

    curiosissimus famae suae,

    Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—
    (γ).
    With circa:

    circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

    Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

    Petr. 46, 6; so,

    pictor,

    id. 29, 4:

    felicitas Horatii,

    id. 118, 5:

    manus,

    id. 13, 1:

    consilia,

    Quint. 7, 5, 2:

    interpolatione,

    Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —
    * 2.
    With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

    est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

    Quint. 8, 3, 55.—
    B.
    In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

    curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—
    2.
    Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

    primum patere me esse curiosum,

    Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

    quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

    id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

    curiosum aliquem extimescere,

    Petr. 127:

    Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

    Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—
    b.
    Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

    curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

    Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—
    II.
    (Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

    belua,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

    involvendus vestimentis,

    Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

    cavere,

    Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—
    * 2.
    Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

    curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

    Quint. 8, 1, 2.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

    inquirerem,

    Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

    curiosius conquiram,

    Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

    facere aliquid,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

    animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

    id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > curiosus

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