caritas

• charitas (medieval)
• karitas (medieval)

From cārus (“dear, expensive”) +‎ -tās.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ri.taːs/, [ˈkäːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.tas/, [ˈkäːrit̪äs]

cāritās f (genitive cāritātis); third declension

1. dearness
2. costliness, high price
3. charity, the attitude of kindness and understanding towards others
4. regard, esteem, affection, love
5. lack of something, deficiency

   Synonyms: pauperiēs, paupertās, indigentia, pēnūria, dēficientia, dēsīderium, dēfectiō, ūsus, angustia, inopia, necessitās, miseria

   Antonyms: cōpia, abundantia, affluentia, ūbertās, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō

Third-declension noun.

• “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’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
    
• Dizionario latino Olivetti

caritas

1. plural of carita