caritas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cārus (dear, expensive) + -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

cāritās f (genitive cāritātis); third declension

  1. dearness
  2. costliness, high price
  3. charity, the attitude of kindness and understanding towards others
  4. regard, esteem, affection, love
  5. lack of something, deficiency
    Synonyms: pauperiēs, paupertās, indigentia, pēnūria, dēficientia, dēsīderium, dēfectiō, ūsus, angustia, inopia, necessitās, miseria
    Antonyms: cōpia, abundantia, affluentia, ūbertās, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cāritās cāritātēs
Genitive cāritātis cāritātum
Dative cāritātī cāritātibus
Accusative cāritātem cāritātēs
Ablative cāritāte cāritātibus
Vocative cāritās cāritātēs

Descendants

References

  • caritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • caritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
  • Dizionario latino Olivetti

Spanish

Noun

caritas

  1. plural of carita
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