Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 280.cārus, cāra, cārum on page 280
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cārus dear
cārus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means dear.
Definitions for cārus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
dear
English derivatives:
caress charity charitable cherish
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Expensive, costly, dear; (of price) high.
- 2
(of persons) Regarded with affection, beloved, dear (sts. w. implication of mutual affection). (b) (w. dat.). (c) (w. habeo). (d) (in address). (e) (as sb.) a dear one. (f) ~a cognatio = CARISTIA.
- 3
(of things) Dear, valued, beloved. (b) (w. dat.). (c) (w. habeo, etc.).
Sentences with cārus
Latin to English
Homō dē quō dīcēbās est amīcus cārus.Compare The man about whom you were speaking is a dear friend.
Quisque sibi cārus est.Compare Each one is dear to himself.
Ipse enim se quisque diligit, non ut aliquam a se ipse mercedem exigat caritatis suae, sed quod per se quisque sibi carus est; quod nisi idem in amicitiam transferetur, verus amicus numquam reperetur: est enim is qui est tamquam alter idem.Compare Everyone loves himself, not with a view of acquiring some profit for himself from his self-love, but because he is dear to himself on his own account; and unless this same thing were transferred to friendship, the real friend would never be found; for he is, as it were, another self.
Sic enim tu persuadeo, carus tu ego sum.Compare For so persuade yourself, that you are very dear to me.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 71.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 280.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cārus, cāra, cārum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/carus-cara-carum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 71.cārus, cāra, cārum on page 71
