aliud cura

Latin

Alternative forms

• alia cūrā

Etymology

Literally, “care about something else”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.ud ˈkuː.raː/, [ˈälʲiʊd̪ ˈkuːräː]

Phrase

aliud cūrā

1. (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.

References

• “curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press