curtus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, *(s)ker- (“short”). Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (Middle High German schurz, “short”), Old Norse skorta (Danish skorte, “to lack”), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short. More at shirt.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkur.tus/, [ˈkʊr.tʊs]

Adjective

curtus (feminine curta, neuter curtum); first/second declension

  1. shortened, short
  2. mutilated, broken, incomplete

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative curtus curta curtum curtī curtae curta
genitive curtī curtae curtī curtōrum curtārum curtōrum
dative curtō curtō curtīs
accusative curtum curtam curtum curtōs curtās curta
ablative curtō curtā curtō curtīs
vocative curte curta curtum curtī curtae curta

Descendants

  • Ladin: curt
  • Old French: [Term?]
    • French: court
    • Walloon: coû
  • Old Occitan: [Term?]
  • Old Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Romanian: scurt
  • Romansch: curt
  • Sardinian: curtu
  • Sicilian: curtu
  • Spanish: corto
  • Venetian: curto
  • Vulgar Latin: curtius
    • Asturian: curtiu
    • Sardinian: curtzu, crutzu, cursu, cruciu

References

  • curtus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curtus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curtus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • curtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • curtus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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