cūriōsus adj. with comp. and sup.
cura, bestowing care, painstaking, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted, attentive: in omni historiā: ad investigandum curiosior.—Inquiring eagerly, curious, inquisitive: nemo, T.: in re p.: curiosissimi homines: oculi.—Meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive: patere me esse curiosum: homo.