[lit-ideas] Carus, etc.
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:55:22 EST
In a message dated 11/15/2004 4:13:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> fornicate'.
> It is cognate with Italian 'cara' (as in 'cara bambina', dear girl).
"Cara bambina" would be "dear baby", wouldn't it? Like in: "Oh, yes, oh
baby, oh yes, baby, yes, oh sweet baby yes, oh, baby, baby, yes, yes, oh
DEAR BABY!".
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Well, yes.
It's of course too cognate with French "cher" as in "mon cherrie".
In Latin it was 'carus' -- mainly an adjective, but the online Short/Lewis
quote Plautus for a use of 'carus' as noun. All below.
Cheers,
JL
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From online Short/Lewis, Latin Dictionary
_cÄ?rus_
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=la&lookup=carus&bytepos=10358720&wordcount=1&embed=2&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059)
(not chÄ?
rus ; in Inscrr. often _kÄ?rus_
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=la&lookup=karus&bytepos=10358846&wordcount=1&embed=2&doc=Perseus:text:19
99.04.0059) , _Inscr_
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?type=phrase&alts=0&group=typecat&lookup=Inscr&collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman)
.
Orell. 1175; 2417 al.), a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kan, to be beloved; kÄ?ru,
agreeable] , dear, precious, valued, esteemed (pass., freq. and class. in
prose
and poetry; syn.: dilectus, amatus, acceptus, gratus; opp. vilis, neglectus,
contemptus; carum esse; syn. diligi); act., loving, affectionate,
Subst.: _cÄ?ri_
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=la&lookup=cari&bytepos=10366266&wordcount=1&embed=2&doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059)
mei, my loved ones, _Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 29 al._
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:abo:phi,0119,010:1:1:29:al&vers=original&word=ca_rus1#w
ord1)
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