the loved persons

cārĭtas, ātis, f. [carus].

Prop., dearness, costliness, high price, etc. (opp. vilitas):

annonae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; 2, 3, 92, § 215; id. Off. 3, 12, 50; Liv. 44, 7, 10; Suet. Ner. 45:

rei frumentariae (opp. vilitas annonae),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

nummorum,

id. Att. 9, 9, 4:

olei,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273:

vini,

Suet. Aug. 42.—Also absol. caritas (sc. annonae), high prices, Cato, R. R. 3:

ut tum vendas cum caritas est,

Varr. R. R. 1, 69:

cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summā caritate fuerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 216; id. Off. 2, 17, 58.—

Trop., regard, esteem, affection, love (cf. amor, I.; in good prose;

syn.: benevolentia, favor, studium): cum deorum tum parentum patriaeque cultus eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet: conjuges autem et liberi, et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; hence, opp. amor, as esteem to personal affection:

si id videare, quod sit utile ipsis, defendere... haec res amorem magis conciliat, illa virtutis defensio caritatem,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 206; cf. Treb. ap. id. Fam. 12, 16, 2; Liv. 24, 4, 8:

ut qui pacem belli amore turbaverant, bellum pacis caritate deponerent,

Tac. H. 2, 37: amor pathos, caritas êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 12:

caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes,

Cic. Lael. 8, 27;

Quint. prooem. § 6: liberalitate qui utuntur benevolentiam sibi conciliant et caritatem,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; id. Lael. 27, 102; Quint. 11, 1, 72:

ingenita erga patriam caritas,

Liv. 1, 34, 5:

retinere caritatem in aliquem,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

sanguine et caritate propior,

Tac. A. 6, 46:

caritatem paraverat loco auctoritatis,

id. Agr. 16 fin. — The subjoined gen. is usu. objective:

patriae et suorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Sest. 24, 53; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:

rei publicae,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20; Liv. 2, 2, 5:

domini,

id. 1, 51, 8:

Syracusanorum,

id. 25, 28, 7:

Hieronis,

id. 24, 5, 1:

liberum,

id. 8, 7, 18:

filiae,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

ipsius soli,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

sedium suarum,

id. 5, 42, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 14.—But sometimes also subjective, love entertained by one:

hominum, deorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

civium,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29; Liv. 24, 4, 8 (with amor);

or, more rarely, of the cause or ground of the love: caritas illius necessitudinis,

Cic. Sest. 3, 6:

benevolentiae,

id. Lael. 9, 32.—In plur. of the different species of affection:

omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; id. Fin. 3, 22, 73:

liberum,

App. M. 5, p. 171.—

In late Lat., meton., caritates = cari, the loved persons, Amm. 18, 8, 14; 24, 1, 9.

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thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.