curry (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (whence subactarius2. depso, ui, 3II. Fig.III. To scrape a horse with a curry-combIV. To court favour in a mean way • curry (v.): I. Lit.: to dress leather: 1. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (whence subactarius: v. currier): Cato. 2. depso, ui, 3: id. II. Fig.: to beat, belabour: fuste verbĕro, dŏlo: v. to cudgel. III. To scrape a horse with a curry-comb: rādo, si, sum, 3 (with strigile or -i): Col. 6, 31, fin.: v. curry-comb. IV. To court favour in a mean way: se alicujus in familiaritatem insinuare, Cic. (but the expr. is less offensive than the Eng.): assentatiuncula quadam aucupari gratiam alicujus, id. Fam. 5, 12, 3 (precisely corresponding with the Eng., except in its greater elegance).
CURRY Copy link • CURRYTo dress leather, subigere: depsere: conficere: perficere (to prepare; e.g., aluta tenuiter confecta). To beat, aliquem verberibus caedere or in aliquem verberibus animadvertere (with leather thongs or a whip): aliquem caedere virgis (with a rod). [Vid: To BEAT.] To curry favor with one, venditare se alicui: blandiri et suppliciter insinuare alicui (Cic.): blanditiis et assentationibus alicujus amicitiam colligere or in alicujus consuetudinem se immergere; blanditiis et assentationibus alicujus benevolentiam sibi adjungere (after Cic., Muren., 20, 41); blanditiis influere in aures alicujus, insinuare se in alicujus familiaritatem; gratiam sibi parere apud aliquem: to endeavour to curry favor with anybody, assentatiuncula aucupari alicujus gratiam; locum gratiae apud aliquem quaerere. CURRY (a horse), strigili radere: subradere.