caritas

== Latin == === Alternative forms === charitas (Medieval Latin) karitas (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From cārus (“dear, expensive”) + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.rɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ri.tas] === Noun === cāritās f (genitive cāritātis); third declension dearness costliness, high price (especially Christianity) charity, love, attitude of kindness regard, esteem, affection, love lack of something, deficiency, dearth Synonyms: pauperiēs, paupertās, indigentia, pēnūria, dēficientia, dēsīderium, dēfectiō, ūsus, angustia, inopia, necessitās, miseria Antonyms: cōpia, abundantia, affluentia, ūbertās, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “caritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario latino Olivetti == Portuguese == === Noun === caritas feminine plural of carito === Adjective === caritas feminine plural of carito == Spanish == === Noun === caritas plural of carita