caram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caro, carere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
card/comb (wool/flax/etc.);
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →carus, cara -um, carior -or -us, carissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dear, beloved; costly, precious, valued; high-priced, expensive;
acc. sg. (f.) - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...artis omnis perdocet, ubi quem attigit. per annonam caram dixit me natum pater: propterea, credo, nunc essurio acrius..."Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant caros; agninam caram, caram bubulam, vitulinam, cetum, porcinam: cara omnia. atque..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...atque omnem vitam credidit, quam ego animo egregie caram pro uxore habuerim? bene et pudice..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rudem sodalem et grandem puerum diuque leuem et caram puero meo puellam: haec praesta mihi, Rufe, uel Butuntis..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...pertaesum est, licet uno gradu ad libertatem transire. Caram te, uita, beneficio mortis habeo. 4. Cogita quantum boni..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...conscios indicaret, circumstantes amicos tyranni nominauit quibusque maxime caram salutem eius sciebat. Et cum ille singulos, ut nominati..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...penates, principi legem dare, abstrahere nostris coniugem caram toris, uiolare quantum licuit incesta manu et uoce dira? debita..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...sidereo nostri de sanguine Phrixi dicitur et caram vidi indoluisse sororem seque ait has iussis actum miser..."
