carus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάρος (káros, “deep sleep”) .

Noun

carus

  1. (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “carus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”). Cognate to Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear, beloved; elegant; esteemed; lovely”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cārus (feminine cāra, neuter cārum, comparative cārior, superlative cārissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dear, beloved
  2. costly, expensive, valued
    Synonyms: pretiōsus, dīves, impēnsus, antīquus
    Antonym: vīlis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cārus cāra cārum cārī cārae cāra
Genitive cārī cārae cārī cārōrum cārārum cārōrum
Dative cārō cārō cārīs
Accusative cārum cāram cārum cārōs cārās cāra
Ablative cārō cārā cārō cārīs
Vocative cāre cāra cārum cārī cārae cāra

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: caro
    • Sicilian: caru
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings

References
  • “carus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “carus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • carus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to feel affection for a person: carum habere aliquem
    • to be dear to some one: carum esse alicui
    • to be dear to some one: carum atque iucundum esse alicui
    • (ambiguous) corn is dear: annona cara est
  • “carus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “carus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Latvian

Noun

carus m

  1. accusative plural of cars
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