adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
percārus
percārus (feminine percāra, neuter percārum)
Classical[pɛrˈkaː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[perˈkaː.rus]
Meaning
- adjectivevery dear or beloved
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | percārus | percāra | percārum |
| genitive | percārī | percārae | percārī |
| dative | percārō | percārae | percārō |
| accusative | percārum | percāram | percārum |
| ablative | percārō | percārā | percārō |
| vocative | percāre | percāra | percārum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | percārī | percārae | percāra |
| genitive | percārōrum | percārārum | percārōrum |
| dative | percārīs | percārīs | percārīs |
| accusative | percārōs | percārās | percāra |
| ablative | percārīs | percārīs | percārīs |
| vocative | percārī | percārae | percāra |
per-cārus, a, um, adj.,
I. very dear.
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-cārus adj.,
very dear, much beloved: eis. —Very dear, too costly, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *kāros Latin carus Latin percārus From per- + carus.