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cūrātĭo , ōnis, f. curo,
I.a taking care of something, administration, oversight, care, management, charge (rare but class.).
I. In gen.: “me sinas curare ancillas, quae mea est curatio,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 45; cf. id. Poen. 1, 2, 144: “cultus et curatio corporis,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 158: “curatio et administratio rerum,id. ib. 1, 1, 2: “corporum,Liv. 25, 38: “frumenti,Cic. Att. 15, 11, 1: “vini,Col. 12, 25, 4: quid tibi hanc curatiost rem? (for hujus rei; cf. aditio) why does this trouble you? Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 21; cf.: “quid tibi, malum, me, aut quid ego agam, curatio'st?id. Most. 1, 1, 33.—
II. In partic., t. t.
A. In political lang., management of state affairs, administration, charge, office, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126; id. Rab. Post. 10, 28; Liv. 4, 12, 8; 4, 13, 8; 2, 27, 6.—
B. In the jurists, guardianship, trusteeship: qui in curatione sunt, i. e. words, Gai Inst. 1, 199; Dig. 27, 1, 30; 27, 10, 4 et saep.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.11.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.126
    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 10.28
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.3
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 27.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 12.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 13.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 20.9
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.24
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.34
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.59
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.28
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.24
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 27.1
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