percarus

ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων → by grinding stone against stones

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-cārus: a, um, adj.,
I very dear.
I Lit., very dear, very costly, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25.—
II Trop., very dear, very much beloved: qui eis vicissim percarus et jucundus fuit, Cic. Aem. Scaur. 17, 39; Tac. A. 2, 74; Just. 12, 12, 11.

percārus,¹⁴ a, um, très cher, très coûteux : Ter. Phorm. 558 || [fig.] très cher, très aimé : Cic. Scauro 39 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 74.