caritas
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Latin > English
caritas caritatis N F :: charity; love, affection, esteem, favor; dearness; high price
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cārĭtas: ātis, f. carus.
I Prop., dearness, costliness, high price, etc. (opp. vilitas): annonae, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; 2, 3, 92, § 215; id. Off. 3, 12, 50; Liv. 44, 7, 10; Suet. Ner. 45: rei frumentariae (opp. vilitas annonae), Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44: nummorum, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: olei, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273: vini, Suet. Aug. 42.—Also absol. caritas (sc. annonae), high prices, Cato, R. R. 3: ut tum vendas cum caritas est, Varr. R. R. 1, 69: cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summā caritate fuerit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 216; id. Off. 2, 17, 58.—
II Trop., regard, esteem, affection, love (cf. amor, I.; in good prose; syn.: benevolentia, favor, studium): cum deorum tum parentum patriaeque cultus eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet: conjuges autem et liberi, et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur, Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; hence, opp. amor, as esteem to personal affection: si id videare, quod sit utile ipsis, defendere... haec res amorem magis conciliat, illa virtutis defensio caritatem, id. de Or. 2, 51, 206; cf. Treb. ap. id. Fam. 12, 16, 2; Liv. 24, 4, 8: ut qui pacem belli amore turbaverant, bellum pacis caritate deponerent, Tac. H. 2, 37: amor πάθος, caritas ἦθος, Quint. 6, 2, 12: caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes, Cic. Lael. 8, 27; Quint. prooem. § 6: liberalitate qui utuntur benevolentiam sibi conciliant et caritatem, id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; id. Lael. 27, 102; Quint. 11, 1, 72: ingenita erga patriam caritas, Liv. 1, 34, 5: retinere caritatem in aliquem, Cic. Lael. 19, 70: sanguine et caritate propior, Tac. A. 6, 46: caritatem paraverat loco auctoritatis, id. Agr. 16 fin.— The subjoined gen. is usu. objective: patriae et suorum, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Sest. 24, 53; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1: rei publicae, Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20; Liv. 2, 2, 5: domini, id. 1, 51, 8: Syracusanorum, id. 25, 28, 7: Hieronis, id. 24, 5, 1: liberum, id. 8, 7, 18: filiae, Tac. A. 12, 4: ipsius soli, Liv. 2, 1, 5: sedium suarum, id. 5, 42, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 14.—But sometimes also subjective, love entertained by one: hominum, deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237: civium, id. Phil. 1, 12, 29; Liv. 24, 4, 8 (with amor); or, more rarely, of the cause or ground of the love: caritas illius necessitudinis, Cic. Sest. 3, 6: benevolentiae, id. Lael. 9, 32.—In plur. of the different species of affection: omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; id. Fin. 3, 22, 73: liberum, App. M. 5, p. 171.—
B In late Lat., meton., caritates = cari, the loved persons, Amm. 18, 8, 14; 24, 1, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cārĭtās,⁹ ātis, f. (carus),
1 cherté [opp. vilitas ], haut prix : annonæ Cic. Off. 3, 50, cherté du blé
2 amour, affection, tendresse : Cic. Part. 88 ; Læl. 27 || [avec gén. obj.] patriæ Cic. Off. 3, 100, l’amour de la patrie, cf. Phil. 12, 20 || [avec gén. subj.] hominum Cic. de Or. 2, 237, l’amour que témoignent les hommes, cf. Nat. 1, 122 ; Phil. 1, 12 || caritates, les personnes chères, aimées : Amm. 18, 8, 14.
Latin > German (Georges)
cāritās, ātis, f. (carus), der hohe Preis, Wert einer Sache, die Teuerung, I) eig. (Ggstz. vilitas): annonae, Cic.: rei frumentariae, Cic.: vini, Suet.: nummorum, Geldmangel, Cic.: operariorum, Plin. – prägn. = Teuerung der Nahrungsmittel, ut tum vendas, cum caritas est, Varr.: cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summa caritate fuerit, in dem einen Jahre Wohlfeilheit, in dem andern große T., Cic. – II) übtr., die Werthaltung, Hochschätzung, Hochachtung, (aus Hochachtung entspringende) Liebe, Anhänglichkeit (vgl. amor), c. uxoria, Gattenliebe, Ps. Quint. decl.: sanguine et caritate propior, Tac.: in caritate et honore esse, Liv.: complecti alqm amicitiā et caritate, Cic.: benevolentiā devincire homines et caritate, Cic.: alqm eximiā caritate diligere, Curt.: ut omnis caritas aut inter duos aut inter paucos iungeretur, Cic.: quae (caritas) dirimi nisi detestabili scelere non potest, Cic. – m. Ang. wessen? (von wem ausgehend od. woraus hervorgegangen?), hominum, Cic.: deorum, Cic.: civium, Cic. u. Liv. (verb. amor civium etc., Liv.): benevolentiae, Cic.: necessitudinis, Cic. – m. Ang. bei oder zwischen wem? durch Praepp., apud milites praedam munifice largiendo tantā caritate esse, ut etc., in so großer Achtung stehen, Liv.: ingenita erga patriam caritas, Liv.: retinere caritatem in pastores, Cic.: mutua inter nos c., Quint.: ea caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes, Cic. – od. durch obj. Genet., patriae et suorum, Liebe zum usw., Cic.: rei publicae, Liv.: pacis, Liv.: domini, Liv.: liberorum od. liberûm, Cic. u. Liv.: parentum, Cic.: suorum, Cic.: tantam esse apud omnes tui caritatem, ut etc., Cic.: fateor insitam esse nobis corporis nostri caritatem, Sen. – od. durch das Pron. poss., caritate suā, Anh. an sie, Liv. 5, 54, 3. – im Plur., omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, alle diese Gefühle für alle, die uns teuer sind, Cic. de off. 1, 57: u. so im Plur. bei Cic. de fin. 3, 73. Apul. met. 5, 28. Mamert. grat. act. Iul. 24, 2: familiarum caritates, die teuern Familienbande, Arnob. 1, 43. – u. im Plur. meton., uns teuere Wesen, die teuern Lieben, caritates, Amm. 18, 5, 2; 18, 8, 14 u.a. – spätlat. auch im Sing., sollicita caritas, Auct. vit. Cypr. 5. p. XCV H.
