Significatio vocis carissimus | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. superlative degree of cārus
   declension-1, declension-2, form-of, superlative
2. used in terms of endearment
   declension-1, declension-2, superlative

Exempla

“Ut dicta autem quaedam, ita scrīpta quoque fingī solent, quod facit Asinius prō Liburniā: "māter mea, quae mihi cum cārissima tum dulcissima fuit […] "”

Just as certain speeches, writings are also sometimes imaginary, as for example Asinius does in his defence of Liburnia, "my mother, who was my dearest and most beloved […] "

“propterea, carissimi, ... putamus vos libentius scire velle quam nescire”

therefore, my esteemed listeners, ... I think that you all prefer to know than not to know

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