aliud cura
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “care about something else”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.ud ˈkuː.raː/, [ˈälʲiʊd̪ ˈkuːräː]
Phrase[edit]
- (colloquial) don’t worry, never mind, do not be concerned
- 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 2.1.235:
- Atqui reperiam: aliud cura.
- I’ll find one anyway: don’t worry.
- Atqui reperiam: aliud cura.
References[edit]
- “curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press