carus

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

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.rus/, [ˈkäːrʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.rus/, [ˈkäːrus]

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

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

Noun

carus m

1. accusative plural of cars