charus

1.

cārus (not chārus; in Inscrr. often kārus, Inscr. Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kāru, agreeable], dear, precious, valued, esteemed ( pass., freq. and class. in prose and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus, contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate, Verg. A. 1, 646:

carum ipsum verbum est amoris, ex quo amicitiae nomen est ductum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. Off. 2, 8, 29; id. Fin. 3, 20, 66; 5, 10, 29:

ego illum scio, quam carus sit cordi meo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

neque meo cordi esse quemquam cariorem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

ut dis inmortalibus cari simus et ab iis diligamur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

dis carus ipsis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 13:

laeta pax cariores Sabinas viris fecit,

Liv. 1, 13, 6:

populo carus atque jucundus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

patriae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 29; Lucr. 1, 730:

parentes,

id. 3, 85:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares: sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: mater carissima, Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 34.—So pater, Verg. A. 2, 707; Ov. M. 2, 649:

genitor,

Verg. A. 10, 789; Ov. M. 1, 486:

genitrix,

Verg. A. 1, 689:

nutrix,

id. ib. 4, 634:

conjux,

Ov. M. 11, 727:

Thisbe,

id. ib. 4, 143:

nata,

id. ib. 4, 222:

nepotes,

Cat. 64, 381:

pignora, nati,

Ov. F. 3, 218;

so also pignora, nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134; cf.:

caput nepotis,

Cat. 68, 120:

frater carissimus atque amantissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homines mihi carissimi et amicissimi,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

illa, quam Ego animo Egregie caram habuerim,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 38; so,

carum habere aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11 fin. (with amare); id. Balb. 26, 59 (with diligere):

omnis suos caros habet, me quidem se ipso cariorem,

id. Att. 10, 11, 1:

parentes carissimos habere,

id. Red. Sen. 1, 2; Nep. Att. 10, 5; Quint. 5, 10, 74:

ex decessu carissimorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1:

omnium societatum nulla est carior,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

patria,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104:

Athenae,

Cat. 64, 81:

carmina legenti,

Prop. 3 (4), 2, 13:

crines,

id. 1, 17, 21:

simulacra,

Ov. M. 14, 112:

amplexus,

id. ib. 9, 750 et saep.—Prov. uses:

patria mihi vită meă multo est carior,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; so id. Sest. 20, 45; cf. Cat. 68, 159:

carius oculis,

id. 82, 2; 104, 2; Ov. M. 7, 847 al.— Subst.: cāri mei, my loved ones, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al.—In a double sense with II., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76 sq.; id. Men. 1, 1, 29 sq.; cf.:

hoc est gratum nobisque est carius auro,

Cat. 107, 3.—

II.

Prop. (opp. vilis), dear, costly, of a high price:

venio ad macellum, rogito pisces: indicant Caros, agninam caram, caram bubulam, cara omnia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3 sq.:

quod ei amorem Carissimum... eum confeci sine sumptu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5:

quom cara annona sit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35:

coquos carissimus,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 59.—So annona, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; ( comp. ) Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; ( sup. ) id. Dom. 6, 14 et saep.:

aurum argentumque caelando carius fecimus (cf. just before: auximus pretia rerum),

Plin. 33, praef. 2, § 4; cf.:

cariora pretia facere,

Just. 16, 4, 19.—With abl. pretii: quod non opus est, asse carum est. Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28; so,

trecentis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 118.— Adv. (rare).

A.

cārē.

1.

Dearly, at a high price:

vēnire,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; comp., Cic. Dom. 44, 115; Suet. Calig. 27; [p. 296] sup., Sen. Ep. 42, 5.—

2.

Highly: carius aestimare, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

B.

cārō (acc. to II.), dearly, at a high price, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 3.

2.

Cārus, i, a Roman cognomen.

I.

T. Lucretius Carus, the poet; v. Lucretius.—

II.

M. Aurelius Carus, the Roman emperor, Eutr. 9, 12 al.—

III.

Another poet, Ov P. 4, 16, 7.