cūriōsus adj. with comp. and sup. cura, bestowing care, painstaking, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted, attentive: in omni historiā: ad investigandum curiosior.

—Inquiring eagerly, curious, inquisitive: nemo, T.: in re p.: curiosissimi homines: oculi.

—Meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive: patere me esse curiosum: homo.