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. (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 ;