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(verb) : căreo, ui, ĭtum (carĭtūrus, Ov. H. 4, 1; id. M. 2, 222; 14, 132; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 1; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Just. 4, 5, 1; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.
* Part. pr. gen. plur. carentum, Lucr. 4, 35; Verg. G. 4, 255; 4, 472), 2 (pres. subj. carint = careant, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1.— Dep. form careor, acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.), cf. κείρω, καρῆναι; Germ. scheeren; Engl. shear, to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but κατ̓ ἐξοχήν, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with abl.; in ante-class. poets also with gen. or acc. (the latter also in late Lat.).
* To be without, devoid of, not to have, to be free from (corresp. with abesse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; and opp. frui,id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40).
* Of living subjects: carere culpā,Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41: calumniā,Quint. 9, 4, 57: malis,Lucr. 2, 4: dolore,Cic. Lael. 6, 22; id. Fin. 1, 11, 38: febri,id. Fam. 16, 15, 1, and by poet. license with an inverted construction: caruitne febris te heri?Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17: morbis,Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38: malo,id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40: suspicione,id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Quint. 2, 2, 14: vitiis,Hor. C. 3, 27, 39; Quint. 8, 3, 1; 8, 3, 41: stultitiā,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 42: ambitione,id. ib. 2, 2, 206: appellatione,Quint. 8, 2, 5: omnibus his quasi morbis voluit carere sapientem,Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38: calumniā,Quint. 9, 4, 57: conspiratione et periculo,Suet. Aug. 19: stultitiae atque ignorantiae crimine, Auct. B. G. 8 praef.: communi sensu,Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: morte,to be immortal,id. C. 2, 8, 12; Ov. M. 15, 158: suis figurā,id. ib. 14, 286; cf. of virtue, personified: culpāque omni carens praeter se ipsam nihil censet ad se pertinere,Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4.
* To be deprived of, to be without, to feel the want of, to want something that is desirable: voluptate virtus saepe caret, nunquam indiget,Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2: patriā,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85: quam huic erat miserum carere consuetudine amicorum, societate victus, sermone omnino familiari!Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63: hac luce,id. ib. 1, 6, 12: voluptatibus,id. Sen. 3, 7: commodis omnibus,id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44: provinciis atque oris Italiae maritimis ac portibus nostris,id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: tali munere,Verg. A. 5, 651: citharā,Hor. C. 1, 31, 20: vate sacro,id. ib. 4, 9, 28: patrio sepulcro,id. S. 2, 3, 196: libertate,id. Ep. 1, 10, 40: honore,Ov. M. 15, 614: laude,Quint. 2, 20, 10 al.: caret omni Majorum censu,has lost, dissipated,Juv. 1, 59.
* Of inanimate subjects: terra caret vero sensu,Lucr. 2, 652; cf. id. 2, 990, and 1, 573: haec duo tempora carent crimine,Cic. Lig. 2, 4: carere omni malo mortem,id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26: an ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum?Verg. A. 2, 44: nec lacrimis caruere genae,id. ib. 5, 173: pars quae peste caret,id. ib. 9, 540: oratio, quae astu caret,Quint. 9, 1, 20: oeconomia nomine Latino caret,id. 3, 3, 9: quae caret ora cruore nostro?Hor. C. 2, 1, 36: caret Ripa ventis,id. ib. 3, 29, 23: aditu carentia saxa,Ov. M. 3, 226: nivibus caritura Rhodope,id. ib. 2, 222: naturae vero rerum vis atque vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret,Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 7.
* With gen.: tui carendum quod erat,Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 20; so Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7.
* With acc.: quia Id quod amo careo,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 49; cf. id. Poen. 4, 1, 4: eos parentes careo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 466, 8: DVLCEM. CARVI. LVCEM. CVM. TE. AMISI.,Inscr. Grut. 572, 7; so ib. 770, 9; hence careri,pass.,Marc. Emp. 36 med.; cf.: virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest,Ov. H. 1, 50.
* With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss: triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet; desiderat, requirit, indiget,Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; cf. the context: carere igitur hoc significat, egere eo quod habere velis,id. ib. § 88: non caret is qui non desiderat,id. Sen. 14, 47.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary