caritas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cārus (“dear, expensive”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.ri.taːs/, [ˈkaː.rɪ.taːs]

Noun

cāritās f (genitive cāritātis); third declension

  1. dearness
  2. costliness
  3. charity, the attitude of kindness and understanding towards others
  4. regard, esteem, affection, love
  5. price

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 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

Spanish

Noun

caritas

  1. plural of carita
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