care
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Carus, Cari:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Carus; (Emperor Marcus Aurelius Numerius Carus 282-283);
voc. sg. - Entry →caro, carere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
card/comb (wool/flax/etc.);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →caros, cari:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
variety/seed of plant hypericum; heavy sleep, stupor, sleep of death (L+S);
voc. sg. - Entry →care:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
dearly; at a high price;
- Entry →careo, carere, carui, caritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →care, carius, carissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dear, at high price; of high value; at great cost/sacrifice;
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...DATAMES, patre Camisare, natione Care, matre Scythissa natus, primum militum in numero fuit apud Artaxerxen eorum, qui regiam..."Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...pervenisset, sese dedituros: se autem domum Chersonesi habere. Cares, qui tum Lemnum incolebant, etsi praeter opinionem res ceciderat..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...frequens aere nec uacuo pendentia Mausolea laudibus inmodicis Cares in astra ferant. Omnis Caesareo cedit labor Amphitheatro, unum..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...flavescere contigit auro, dic ubi Palladium sit tibi, Care, decus. Aspicis en domini fulgentes marmore vultus? venit..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Sextus mittitur hic tibi libellus, in primis mihi care Martialis: quem si terseris aure diligenti, audebit minus anxius..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod nobis do tibi consilium. Si tecum mihi, care Martialis, securis liceat frui diebus, si disponere tempus otiosum..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi misella: nudam te statuet tuus Lupercus. Obstat, care Pudens, nostris sua turba libellis lectoremque frequens lassat..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Cvrc. Dicam. quia enim Persas, Paphlagones, Sinopes, Arabes, Cares, Cretanos, Syros, Rhodiam atque Lyciam, Perediam et Perbibesiam, Centauromachiam..."
