carus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

carus

1. (archaic, medicine) deep coma or lethargy

References

• “carus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Curas, arcus, scaur

African Romance

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Alternative forms

• karus

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rʊs/

Adjective

carus m

1. dear, beloved

Latin

Alternative forms

• charus (Medieval Latin)

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”) and English whore.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.rus]

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cārus	cāra	cārum		cārī	cārae	cāra
genitive	cārī	cārae	cārī		cārōrum	cārārum	cārōrum
dative	cārō	cārae	cārō		cārīs
accusative	cārum	cāram	cārum		cārōs	cārās	cāra
ablative	cārō	cārā	cārō		cārīs
vocative	cāre	cāra	cārum		cārī	cārae	cāra

Derived terms

• cāritās

Descendants

• Central Romance:
  • Dalmatian:
    • cur
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: caro
    • Sicilian: caru
• Southern Romance:
  • African Romance: carus
• Western Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Cisalpine Gallo-Romance:
      • Emilian: chèr
      • Friulian: cjâr
      • Ligurian: câo, câro, câio
      • Lombard: car

        Alpine: chèr, ciar, cèr

        Ossolano: ciar

      • Piedmontese: car, chèr
      • Romagnol: chèr, caer
      • Venetan: caro
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: chier
      • French: cher
      • Old Norman: ker, kier, quer
        • Norman: chiaer (Guernsey), chièr (Jersey), quer, quièr
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
      • Aragonese: car, caro
      • Catalan: car
      • Occitan: car, care

        Nord-Occitan: char

  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: caru
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: caro
      • Galician: caro
      • Portuguese: caro
    • Spanish: caro

Borrowings

• → Old Norse: kærr, kę́rr
  • Icelandic: kær
  • Faroese: kærur
  • Norn: kårr
  • Norwegian: kjær
  • Old Swedish: kær
    • Swedish: kär
  • Danish: kær

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