different between curator vs procurator

English

Alternative forms

• curatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin c?r?tor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from c?r?re (“to take care of”), from c?ra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).

Noun

curator (plural curators)

1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
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.
3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• custodian
• keeper
• manager
• overseer

Further reading

• curator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• curator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?r?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ky?ra?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: cu?ra?tor

Noun

curator m (plural curatoren, diminutive curatortje n)

1. curator, one who manages a collection
2. curator, one who manages an estate
3. liquidator appointed by a judge after bankruptcy

Derived terms

• curatorium

Latin

Alternative forms

• coer?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ku??ra?.tor/, [ku???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku?ra.tor/, [ku????t??r]

Etymology 1

From c?r? +? -tor.

Noun

c?r?tor m (genitive c?r?t?ris); third declension

1. who pays heed about the state of an object, warden, overseer, watchman, lookout
2. who procures an affair for somebody, agent, commissionary
3. specifically, who procures patrimonial matters of one who has been deemed incapable to procure them himself
4. (New Latin, Germany) the regulatory supervisor over a university

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

c?r?tor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of c?r?

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)
• curator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, 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

Romanian

Etymology

From French curateur, from Latin curator.

Noun

curator m (plural curatori)

1. curator

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• procuratour (obsolete)

Etymology

Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin pr?c?r?tor, from pr?c?r? (“I procure”) (English procure). Equivalent to procure +? -ator.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
• Hyphenation: proc?u?ra?tor

Noun

procurator (plural procurators)

1. A tax collector.
2. An agent or attorney.
3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
4. (Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• (legal): inquisitor

References

• OED2

Latin

Etymology

From pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?.ku??ra?.tor/, [p?o?ku???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.ku?ra.tor/, [p??ku????t??r]

Noun

pr?c?r?tor m (genitive pr?c?r?t?ris); third declension

1. manager, overseer, superintendent
2. procurator (office)
3. agent, deputy
4. tax collector (during the imperial eras)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: procurador
• ? German: Prokuratur
• ? Italian: procuratore
• ? Old French: procuratour
  • ? Middle English: procuratour, proctour
    • English: procurator, proctor
  • French: procurateur
• ? Old Irish: procatóir
  • Irish: prócadóir
• ? Polish: prokurator
• ? Portuguese: procurador
• ? Spanish: procurador

References

• procurator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• procurator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procurator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• procurator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procurator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• procurator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French procurateur, from Latin procurator.

Noun

procurator m (plural procuratori)

1. procurator

Declension