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curru

curru is a Latin form of currus, meaning “chariot”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 188 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 98: … ntinum? non versatur ante oculos vobis in caede Glaucia? non adest iste T. Titus Roscius? non suis manibus in curru conlocat Automedontem illum, sui sceleris acerbissimi nefariaeque victoriae nuntium? non orat ut eam noctem p …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 4.15.24: Curru Dareus, Alexander equo vehebatur. Utrumque delecti tuebantur sui immemores: quippe amisso rege nec volebant salvi esse nec poterant. Ante oculos sui quisque regis mortem occumbere ducebat egregium.

All forms of currus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.