I.to take care of, to do a thing with care.
I. In gen. (in Plaut. and Ter. very often; more rare in the class. per., partic. in the verb. fin.; while the P. a. occurs very often in Cic., see below).
(α).
With acc.: “prandium alicui,” Plaut. Mer. 1, 3, 25: “quod facto est opus,” id. Cas. 3, 3, 25: “rem sobrie aut frugaliter,” id. Pers. 4, 1, 1 al.: “melius adcurantur, quae consilio geruntur, quam quae sine consilio administrantur,” Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58: “virtus et cultus humanus sub tecto adcurantur,” id. Fr. in Col. 12 praef.: “barbam,” Lampr. Heliog. 31.—
(γ).
With ut or ne: “omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, suspicionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; so with ut, Ter. And. 3, 2, 14; with ne, id. Hec. 5, 1, 12.—
II. Esp.: “adcurare aliquem,” to treat one carefully, regale a guest, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 55.—Hence, accūrātus , a, um, P. a., prepared with care, careful, studied, elaborate, exact (never of persons, for which diligens is used; “syn.: meditatus, exquisitus, elaboratus, politus): adcurata malitia,” a studied artifice, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 20: “adcuratae et meditatae commentationes,” Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: “adcuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,” id. Brut. 82, 283: “adcuratissima diligentia,” id. Att. 7, 3 al: “adcuratum habere = adcurare,” to take care, be at pains, Plaut. Bac. 3, 6, 21. —Adv.: accūrāte , carefully, nicely, exactly (syn.: “diligenter, studiose, exquisite),” Cic. Att. 16, 5; id. Parad. 1, 4; id. Brut. 22 al.—Comp., id. Att. 8, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; id. B. Alex. 12.—Sup., id. Fam. 5, 17; Nep. Lys. 4, 2.
