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Webster 1913 Edition
Curator
Cu-ra′tor
(k?-r?′t?r)
. Noun.
[L., fr.
curare
to take care of, fr. cura
care.] 1.
One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.
2.
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curator
CURATOR
,Noun.
1.
One who hast he care and superintendence of any thing.2.
A guardian appointed by law.3.
Among the Romans, a trustee of the affairs and interests of a person emancipated or interdicted. Also, one appointed to regulate the price of merchandize in the cities, and to superintend the customs and tributes.4.
In the United Provinces, or Holland, the Curator of a University superintends the affairs of the institution, the administration of the revenues, the conduct of the professors, &c.Definition 2024
curator
curator
English
Alternative forms
- curatour (obsolete)
Noun
curator (plural curators)
- A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
- One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
Related terms
Derived terms
terms derived from curator (noun)
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Translations
administrator of a collection
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See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuːˈraː.tor/, [kuːˈraː.tɔr]
Verb
cūrātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of cūrō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of cūrō
Noun
cūrātor m (genitive cūrātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cūrātor | cūrātōrēs |
| genitive | cūrātōris | cūrātōrum |
| dative | cūrātōrī | cūrātōribus |
| accusative | cūrātōrem | cūrātōrēs |
| ablative | cūrātōre | cūrātōribus |
| vocative | cūrātor | cūrātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: кура́тор (kurátor)
References
- curator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CURATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “curator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- curator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin