The corpus record — Latin

caro

caro · v. a

to card

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Where it lives

De Carne Christi 122 · 128.35/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 287 · 126.63/10k
De Monogamia 37 · 52.98/10k
Praefatio 1 · 42.74/10k
Ad Uxorem 17 · 40.91/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 15 · 38.4/10k
De Pudicitia 44 · 32.73/10k
Ad Martyras 4 · 26.88/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 15 · 25.38/10k
De Patientia 8 · 17.67/10k
Apotheosis 12 · 16.2/10k
Adversus Praxean 23 · 15.56/10k

Densest 12 of 77 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. cāro — Lewis & Short

cāro, ĕre, v. a.cf. Gr. kei/rw; Germ. scheren; Engl. sheer,

I to card (very rare), Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46; and in Naev. acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 54 Müll., p. 92 Bip. (cf.: caritores, 2. carmen, 2. carmino, etc.).

2. căro — Lewis & Short

căro, carnis (f.Sanscr. kravya; Gr. kre/as; Germ. Kern,

nom. carnis, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 684 P.; Liv. 37, 3, 4; abl. carni, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 6),

I flesh (animal or vegetable).

I Lit., of animals: deturbavit totum cum carni carnarium, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 6: carnem Latinis petere, Cic. Planc. 9, 23; id. Pis. 27, 67: alicui carnem dare, Liv. 32, 1, 9; 37, 3, 4: lacte et carne vivere, Caes. B. G. 5, 14; 6, 22: ferina, venison, Sall. J. 89, 7: cruda, Suet. Ner. 37: tosta, Ov. M. 12, 156 al.; cf. humana, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195.—So also freq. in plur., Enn. Ann. 327 Vahl.; Ov. M. 2, 769; 14, 208; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126 et saep.—The flesh, pulp, of fruits, Plin. 15, 24, 27, § 96; 28, 14, 58, § 205; Pall. Febr. 25, 12; id. Nov. 17, 1.—Also the inner, white part of the wood of trees, under the alburnum, Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 181.—

2 Esp., of the human body (in opp. to the spirit), as the seat of the passions: animus liber habitat: numquam me caro ista compellet ad metum, Sen. Ep. 65, 22.—In contempt: caro putida, of a stupid person, Cic. Pis. 9, 19.—

B Meton., of precious stones, the Gr. sarki/on, the soft part, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 73.—

II Trop., of discourse, richness: Aeschines carnis plus habet, minus lacertorum, Quint. 10, 1, 77 Spald. and Frotsch.

3. cārō — Lewis & Short

cārō, adv., v. carus

I fin.

4. carö — Walde–Hofmann

carö, carnis f. „Fleisch*, urspr. „Abschnitt, Stück (Fleisch)", vgl. carni-fex m. „Scharfrichter, Henker“, eig. „Stückemacher“, ferner die Bed. ,Stück* in carnem petere Varro 1.1.6, 25 und den Plur. carnzs „Fleischstücke* (s. Festschr. Streitberg 385f., Bücheler Kl. Schr. II 500, Karstien Festschr. Behaghel 322, Persson Beitr. 233; seit Liv. Andr., rom., ebenso carnárium n. Fleischkammer* seit Plaut., -ösus, -alig … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. carö, p. 202]

In the wild

carni Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 63
carnis Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 19
carni Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.511
carnis Tertullian, De Monogamia 14
carnibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.5.p3
carni Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 53

6 of 1,155 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caro (scan p. 125; entry #1805).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. carö (scan pp. 202-203; entry #576). Root candidates: *sgorn-.

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