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curva

curva is a Latin form of curvo, meaning “bend, curve; (curvus) curved, bent”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of curvus, “curved, bent, crooked”.

Found 56 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 2.12: curva tenent, ut molle siler lentaeque genestae,

Ovid, Heroides 4.60: Curva meae fugit tecta sororis ope.

Propertius, Elegiae 4.5.70: horruit algenti pergula curua foco.

All forms of curvo (conjugation 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.