dear (adj.) Copy link Outline I. High-priced1. cārus2. prĕtiōsusII. Highly-valued1. cārus2. dulcis, e3. grātus, jūcundus, cordi (dat. of cor). all less strong than the English • dear (adj.): I. High-priced: 1. cārus: what you don't want is d. at any price, quod non opus est asse c. est, Cato ap. Sen.: d. fish, d. lamb, d. everything, pisces c., agnina c., c. omnia, Pl.: Cic.: very d., percarus, Ter. 2. prĕtiōsus: v. costly. Phr.: from being very d., things suddenly became cheap, carissimam annonam necopinata vilitas secuta est, Cic.: v. market: to be d. may also be expr. with adv. care; or the genitives magni, pluris, etc.: v. foll. art. II. Highly-valued: 1. cārus: d. are our parents, d. our children, c. sunt parentes, c. liberi, Cic. Join: carissimus atque amicissimus; carissimus atque amantissimus, Cic.: very d., percārus, Cic. 2. dulcis, e: best and d.est brother, optime et dulcissime frater, Cic.: Hor.: v. sweet. 3. grātus, jūcundus, cordi (dat. of cor). all less strong than the English: v. acceptable, favourite, delightful, agreeable. Phr.: my d. Cicero, mi Cicero, Cic.: my d., mea lux, meum desiderium, Ov: Cic.: O my d. Syrus, how d ye do? O Syre noster salve! Ter.: my d. friend (an ingratiating mode of address). O bone! Hor.: d. pledges (of mutual affection), i. e. children, pignora, Tac.
dear Copy link Outline I. At a high price1. cārē2. (only with ref. to the seller)II. Affectionately • dear, dearly (adv.): I. At a high price: 1. cārē: to sell (be sold) d., c. venire, Varr.: to be very d. (i. e. cost much), carissime constare, Sen. 2. (only with ref. to the seller): bĕnĕ: to sell dear (to advantage), b. vendere, Pl. Phr.: to buy d., magno (or magni) emere, Cic. Fig.: he paid d. for that hesitation, magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, Liv. II. Affectionately: Phr.: to love any one d., amare aliquem singulari amore; singulariter, valde, unice diligere, Cic.: if passion is intended, amore alicujus flagrare, ardere; aliquem deperire: v. to love.
DEAR Copy link • DEARBeloved, carus; gratus; jucundus: a dear boy or girl, puer, puella suavis, dulcis: a dear man (ironically), suavis homo (Tac., Phorm., 2, 3, 64): my dear fellow (in accosting)! O bone! vir bone! also (in a parenthesis) amabo, or sodes: by whatever is most dear to you, have compassion upon us, per ea, quae tibi dulcissima sunt in vita, miserere nostri: I hold anybody dear, or anybody is dear to me, aliquis mihi carus, gratus, gratus acceptusque est; aliquem carum habeo; aliquem diligo, amo: very dear, aliquem unice diligo: to be dear to anybody, alicui cordi esse; ab aliquo amari, diligi: to hold anybody as dear as a son, aliquem haud secus diligere ac filium: he is as dear to me as my own brother, ne frater quidem mihi carior est: his life is dearer to him than his fame, illi major vitae quam gloriae cupido. Costly, carus (opposed to vilis): magni pretii; pretiosus (opposed to parvi pretii). Corn is dear, annona cara est; in much dearer times, rebus carioribus multo (Ter., Phorm., 5, 3, 8): what you do not want is dear at any price, quod non opus est, asse carum est: to buy anything dear, aliquid emere care, or magno, or male; comparare aliquid magno pretio: very dear (used adverbially), carissime; impenso pretio, or impenso only: however dear it may be, quanti quanti: how dear, quanti: to make things dear, annonam incendere, or flagellare, or excandefacere (of persons; e.g., by buying up corn); caritatem annonae inferre [of things; e.g., of hail storms): everything was remarkably dear that year, annus in summa, caritate fuit: to sell dear, vendere care, or magno, or bene: to sell dearer, pluris vendere: to be sold exceedingly dear, impenso pretio venire: as dear as possible, quam plurimo venire: to pay very dear for anything, aliquid carissime emere (PROP.): maximas alicujus rei poenas dare (to smart for it): to be dear, care constare; pluris stare; non sine magna, mercede contingere (not to be had for a small sum): to be much dearer than, etc., multo pluris esse, quam, etc. Dear (expressing astonishment)! proh Jupiter; proh deum atque hominum fidem.