Curitis
Cŭrītis (Currītis), is, f. , surnom de Junon en tant que protectrice du guerrier armé de la pique [mais v. Curis ] : CIL 11, 3126 ; Capel. 2, 149 ; v. Quiritis.
Curtis. Occurrit non semel in Diplomate Mathildis Comitissæ anno 1078. apud Fr. Mariam in Mathilde.
Curi'tis
a surname of Juno, which is usually derived from the Sabine word curis, a lance or spear, which according to the ancient notions was the symbol of the imperium and mancipium, and would accordingly designate Juno as the ruling goddess. (Ov. Fast. 2.477, 6.49; Macr. 1.9.) Hartung (Die Relig. der Röm. ii. p. 72) finds in the surname Curitis an allusion to a marriage ceremony, in which some of the bride's hair was either really or symbolically cut off with the curved point of a sword. (Plut. Quaest. Rom. 87 ; Ov. Fast. 2.560.) [L.S]
Curītis
A name given to Iuno and said to be derived from the Sabine curis, “a spear” (Macrob. Saturn. i. 9). See Quirites.