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caries

caries

decaying, rot

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What it meant

1. caries — de Vaan

caries "decaying, rot' [f. e] (Varro+; sg.tantum) Derivatives: caridsus 'decayed, rotten' (Cato+). Pit. *kas- 'to lack, be missing' (caries probably post-Pit). The suffix -ies to derive verbal abstracts is not productive anymore in Latin. The isolated formation caries points to an earlier verb *Aar- or *kas-. Earlier dictionaries have derived cariesfromPIE *krh2- 'to break', as in Skt sfnati 'breaks*, Av. … — [de Vaan, s.v. caries, p. 107]

2. cărĭes — Lewis & Short

cărĭes, em, ē (other cases appear not to be in use), f.

I Decay, caries (prop. of a hard, dry decay, not of rottenness); of wood, Varr. ap. Non. p. 83, 12; Vitr. 7, 3; Col. 11, 2; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188; 16, 39, 76, § 197; 16, 40, 78, § 212; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 27.— Of walls, Amm. 16, 2, 1.—Of bones, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 24; Cels. 8, 2.—Of dry soil, Col. 3, 11.—Of the taste of old wine, flatness, Col. 3, 2, 17; Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7; 23, 1, 22, § 40; 14, 4, 6, § 55.—Of old fiuit, Mart. 13, 29, 1.—Hence,
II Trop., in ridicule, of old, withered persons: nemo illā vivit carie cariosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 27; Turp. ib.

In the wild

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. caries (scan p. 107; entry #209). Root candidates: *kas-, *lces-, *ker-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cariés (scan p. 124; entry #1793).

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