LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

percārus

percārus (feminine percāra, neuter percārum)
Classical[pɛrˈkaː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[perˈkaː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivevery dear or beloved

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepercāruspercārapercārum
genitivepercārīpercāraepercārī
dativepercārōpercāraepercārō
accusativepercārumpercārampercārum
ablativepercārōpercārāpercārō
vocativepercārepercārapercārum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepercārīpercāraepercāra
genitivepercārōrumpercārārumpercārōrum
dativepercārīspercārīspercārīs
accusativepercārōspercārāspercāra
ablativepercārīspercārīspercārīs
vocativepercārīpercāraepercāra

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *kāros Latin carus Latin percārus From per- + carus.

Quick answers

What does percārus mean in Latin?
percārus, a adjective, means “very dear or beloved”.
How do you pronounce percārus?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈkaː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈkaː.rus].