curvus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) bent, crooked, curved
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) aged (of a person)
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) wrong

Concepts

bent

curved

arched

bowed

wrong

crooked

curvilineal

curve

curvilinear

Synonyms

inflexus

uncus

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arcuatus

prāvus

incurvatus

incurvans

arquatus

Translations

gebogen

krom

krumm

courbe

tortuoso

curvo

curvo

gebogen

curvo

sinuoso

gekrümmt

σκύβω

stra’vos

καμπύλη

مُنْحنٍ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʊr.wʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *korwos, traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós, from *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus), and compared with English shrink, as well as Latin carcer and cancer. De Vaan is skeptical of the existence of *(s)ker-, however, and adduces only Proto-Celtic *kurros (“pointed, hooked”) and Ancient Greek κῠρτός (kŭrtós, “bulging, curved”) as cognates.