English

Noun

carus

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

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ro-, from *keh₂- ‎(“to desire, to wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.rus/, [ˈkaː.rʊs]

Adjective

cārus m ‎(feminine cāra, neuter cārum); first/second declension

1. dear, beloved
2. expensive

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: cārior, superlative: cārissimus

Derived terms

• cāritās

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Latvian

Noun

carus m

1. accusative plural form of cars