From Ancient Greek κάρος (káros, “deep sleep”) .
carus
- (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy
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”).
cārus (feminine cāra, neuter cārum, comparative cārior, superlative cārissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- dear, beloved
- costly, expensive, valued
- Synonyms: pretiōsus, dīves, impēnsus, antīquus
- Antonym: vīlis
First/second-declension adjective.
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- Borrowings
- “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[1], 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
carus m
- accusative plural of cars