(v. a.P. a.P. a.) : cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:
* Coeret, coerari, coerandi,Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 (perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. cura, to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol.
* In gen.
* Of persons.
* In partic., t. t.
* With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.; predominant in Caesar): pontem in Arari faciundum,Caes. B. G. 1, 13: obsides inter eos dandos,id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11; 4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam,Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48: epistulam mihi referendam,id. Att. 8, 5, 1: fratrem interficiendum,Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al.
* Of things (poet.): quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra,Lucr. 5, 1163: nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus,Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne: quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant,id. 4, 826 (822).
* With inf. (most freq. with a negative): ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent,would take the trouble,Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4; so negatively,id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.: nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare,id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively: si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere,Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87: qui istas res scire curavit,id. Fl. 27, 64: mando tibi, uti cures lustrare,Cato, R. R. 141: aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—(ε) With acc. and inf. pass.: neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret,Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62: symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat,Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—(ζ) With nom. and inf.: ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —(η) With ut, ne, or a simple subj.: pater curabit ut, etc.,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.: si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc.,Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.: omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.: ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc.,Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit,Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2: curare uti Romae ne essent,Suet. Rhet. 1 init.—(θ) With dat. (ante-and post-class.): illis curandum censeo,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1: rebus publicis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50: rebus alienis,id. Truc. 1, 2, 41: rebus meis,App. Mag. p. 297.—(ι) With quod: nam quod strabonus est, non curo,Petr. 68, 8.—(κ) With de: vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—(λ) Absol.: curasti probe,Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro; ego hic curabo,id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5: ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat,commanded,Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.: in eā parte,id. ib. 60, 5: in postremo loco cum equitibus,id. ib. 46, 7.—(μ) Impers.: curabitur,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29: curetur,id. Hec. 2, 2, 15.
* In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.
* With acc.: bellum maritimum curare,Liv. 7, 26, 10; so, Asiam,Tac. A. 4, 36: Achaiam,id. ib. 5, 10: superioris Germaniae legiones,id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.: duabus his artibus ... se remque publicam curabant,Sall. C. 9, 3.
* In medic. lang., to heal, cure.
* With acc.: an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit?Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40: adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5: aegrum,Liv. 5, 5, 12: quadrupedes,Quint. 2, 10, 6: aliquem frigidis,Suet. Aug. 81: aliquem radice vel herbā,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22: vulnus,Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.: apparentia vitia,Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate: qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit,Quint. 4, 5, 5.
* In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.: (nummos) pro signis,Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.: pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis,Liv. 44, 16, 2: dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15: me cui jussisset curaturum,that I would make payment according to his direction,id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
* Trop. (ironically): cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc.,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi),id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.
* Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.): curatissimae preces,Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me quidam ... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.
* Taken care of, managed, attended to: boves curatiores,Cato, R. R. 103: sacra,Cic. Balb. 24, 55: nitida illa et curata vox,Quint. 11, 3, 26.—Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.: curatius disserere,Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.

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