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1. cūrĭo, ōnis, m. [curia].

  1. I. The priest of a curia, Varr. L. L. 5, § 83; 6, § 46 Müll.: maximus, he who presided over all the curiæ, Liv. 27, 8, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 126, 17 Müll.
  2. II. Post-Aug., a crier, herald, = praeco, Mart. lib. 2 praef.; Treb. Gall. 12.

2. Cūrĭo, ōnis, m., a surname in the gens Scribonia; v. Scribonius; hence, Cū-rĭōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Curio, Auct. B. Afr. 52 fin.

‡ cūrĭōnĭus, a, um, adj. [1. curio, I.], of or pertaining to the priest of a curia: curionium aes dicebatur quod dabatur curioni ob sacerdotium curionatus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 19 Müll.: curionia sacra, quae in curiis fiebant, id. ib. p. 62, 11.