carius

carius is a Latin form of carus, meaning “dear; costly”. It is the comparative adjective or nominative singular neuter comparative adjective or vocative singular neuter comparative adjective or accusative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 50 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.112: … ique vestrum, qui simili sensu atque indulgentia filiarum commovemini. quid enim natura nobis iucundius, quid carius esse voluit? quid est dignius in quo omnis nostra diligentia indulgentiaque consumatur?

Martial, Epigrammata 14.215.2: Fibula, quid praestas? 'Carius ut futuant.'

All forms of carus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.